Astronomers have describe a Galax urceolata with the lowest level of atomic number 8 ever detect . Oxygen is a by - product of leading processes   – the more atomic number 8 that is   present , the older a galaxy is . Thanks to car learning software , researchers have now discovered a galaxy that has 1.6 percent of the oxygen present in the Sun .

The galaxy is sleep together as HSC J1631 + 4426 and it is settle 450 million light - years from Earth . The record - breaking level of atomic number 8 suggests this galaxy has just started shape star . The findings are reported inThe Astrophysical Journal .

The discovery of such a galaxy was only possible due to   unbelievable package that can analyze the vast amount of data collected by the Subaru Telescope . Out of over 40 million extragalactic nebula observed by Subaru , the software picked 27 interesting campaigner . HSC J1631 + 4426 had   the lowest level of atomic number 8 .

" To find the very faint , uncommon wandflower , recondite , wide - field information take with the Subaru Telescope was indispensable , " lead author Dr Takashi Kojima , from the University of Tokyo , say in astatement .

The galaxy is exciting because it represents an object start to form late in the account of the universe , which could provide   us with new brainwave into   wandflower shaping . Due to the expansion of the universe , matter wo n’t always coalesce into forming new stars and galaxies . This one might be among the last galaxies to be   born .   Another property that tell apart HSC J1631 + 4426 t   from galaxies like our own Milky Way is how incredibly light it is .

" What is surprising is that the starring bulk of the HSC J1631 + 4426 galaxy is very small , 0.8 million solar masses . This stellar mass is only about 1/100,000 of our whitish Way galaxy , and like to the mass of a star cluster in our Milky Way , " sound out Professor Masami Ouchi of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the University of Tokyo .

Galaxies such as this are an fantastically uncommon find . The squad are hopeful it will   provide more insight into   galaxy organic evolution .