... VLT/Paranal . ... Gamma-Ray Bursts . ... Surprisingly the new observations, made with ESOтАЩs Very Large Telescope, have revealed two galaxies in the young Universe that are richer in the heavier chemical elements than the Sun. ... Such events in the early Universe will drive the formation of many new stars and may be the trigger for gamma-ray bursts. ... The VLT observations show that the brilliant light from the gamma-ray burst had passed through its own host galaxy and another galaxy nearby. ...