The chemical composition of a massive galaxy in the early Universe reveals an extremely short period of star formation. This result could challenge our ideas about the evolution of galaxies and of the Universe itself. See Letter p.248
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Kobayashi, C. Elemental abundances across cosmic time. Nature 540, 205–206 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/540205a
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