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  • James Webb Space Telescope Detects Alcohol and Icy Organic Molecules Around a Protostar Pair

    03/19/2024 10:22:46 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 25 replies
    The Debrief ^ | March 18, 2024 | Micah Hanks
    The latest discoveries were made by Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) instrument as part of the James Webb Observations of Young ProtoStars (JOYS+) program and revealed key chemical ingredients astronomers are looking for in the search for distant worlds that could be home to life.Given that they are young protostars, IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385 do not appear to have planets in orbits around them yet. However, the detections of organic molecules around them are promising indicators for regions of future habitability.Along with the detection of ethanol, MIRI has also detected what astronomers believe is probably acetic acid, an ingredient commonly...
  • Star Found Shooting Water "Bullets"

    06/15/2011 2:04:37 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 21 replies
    National Geographic ^ | 6/13/11 | Andrew Fazekas
    Stellar sprinklers may help irrigate cosmos, study suggests.Seven hundred and fifty light-years from Earth, a young, sunlike star has been found with jets that blast epic quantities of water into interstellar space, shooting out droplets that move faster than a speeding bullet. The discovery suggests that protostars may be seeding the universe with water. These stellar embryos shoot jets of material from their north and south poles as their growth is fed by infalling dust that circles the bodies in vast disks. "If we picture these jets as giant hoses and the water droplets as bullets, the amount shooting out...