🔭✨ Chile just glimpsed the origin of the universe!A scientific feat with national pride 🌎💫

From the heights of the Atacama Desert, 5,000 meters above sea level, a Chilean team just accomplished something out of science fiction: observing galaxies that were born when the universe was just 1 billion years old 🪐👶

Thanks to the ALMA Observatory, and with data from the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, Chilean astronomers — led by Rodrigo Herrera-Camus — captured images of these early cosmic structures.

What did they see? Galaxies with spinning disks, galactic winds reaching over a million kilometers per hour 😱💨 and huge clouds of cold gas and cosmic dust — essential ingredients for life as we know it 🌌🌱

This achievement, called Project CRISTAL, was published in one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, positioning Chile as a global leader in astronomy 🚀📚

🔍 What makes this story awesome?

🌟 Showcases the talent and leadership of Chilean scientists in cosmic discoveries

🧪 Helps us better understand how the first galaxies — and maybe life — were formed

🗺️ Reinforces Chile as one of the best places on Earth to study the stars

Looking back at the universe's past is a beautiful way to understand our present… and dream of the future ✨❤️

📌 Source: Universidad de Diego Portales, Proyecto CRISTAL