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ALMA, aided by a gravitational lens, imaged the outflow, or "wind", from a galaxy seen when the universe was only one billion years old. The ALMA image (circle call out) shows the hydroxyl (OH) molecules. These molecules trace the location of star-forming gas as it is fleeing the galaxy, driven by a supernova or black-hole powered “wind.” The background star field (Blanco Telescope Dark Energy Survey) shows the location of the galaxy. The circular, double-lobe shape of the distant galaxy is due to the distortion caused by cosmic magnifying effect of an intervening galaxy. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Spilker; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; AURA/NSF