Der spektakuläre Geburtsort seltsamer Kohlenstoffmoleküle, bekannt als "Buckyballs" kam in neuen Bildern eines Nebels des James Webb-Weltraumteleskops ans Licht. Die Gaswolke weist eine auf dem Kopf stehende Fragezeichenform auf, die eine Struktur markiert, die Wissenschaftler noch nicht verstehen.
Das James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) blickte 10.000 Lichtjahre in den Weltraum, um den Ursprung von Buckyballs aufzuspüren, bei denen es sich um große und hohle Moleküle handelt, die einem Fußball ähneln. Die vom Observatorium abgebildete Gaswolke, bekannt als Tc1, stammte von einem sterbenden Stern im Sternbild Ara (lateinisch für). "ändern") auf der Südhalbkugel.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/james-webb-space-telescope-peers-into-a-dying-star-surrounded-by-mysterious-buckyballs-the-structures-were-seeing-now-are-breathtaking
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I get the feeling we’re looking at the ruin of an early Kardashev Type 2 civilizaton. It’s a Dark Forest out there folks.
Looking closely at the image – we just found Krypton!
> The gas cloud the observatory imaged, known as Tc1, came from a dying star, in the constellation Ara (Latin for „alter“)
Editor? Editor?
Also, FYI:
> IC 1266 (also known as Tc 1) is a planetary nebula located in the southern constellation of Ara. It is a compact emission nebula surrounding a dying star, appearing stellar due to its small angular size and faint gaseous spectrum. Discovered in 1894 by astronomer Williamina Fleming, IC 1266 lies approximately 12,400 light-years from Earth and is best observed from the Southern Hemisphere.
Anyone know if there are data from this on MAST portal to download them?
OOoooh! wow. Buckminster fullerenes in the wild! I remember when they were first discovered in the lab. Never would have thought we’d be able to ID them in space. I wonder what kind of crazy „organic“ chemistry is possible with such carbon structures…
I don’t understand how they can detect molecules at this distance.
Never thought id ever hear the term buckyball after high school chemistry again…
>The gas cloud includes an upside-down question mark shape, which marks a structure scientists don’t yet understand.
It’s the qué plerion.
I like Bucky Barnes too, but you guys are taking it too far! You can’t just name space phenomena after people’s privates, have you no shame?