JWST finds building blocks of life in another Galaxy for the first time
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/building-blocks-life-st6-large-magellanic-cloud
JWST finds building blocks of life in another Galaxy for the first time
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/building-blocks-life-st6-large-magellanic-cloud
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Why are there posts like this, that are nothing but a bait-click title, with no descriptive reference, and some random neverheardof website. Wouldn’t this be considered low effort spam, especially posted across numerous subs?
The website posted requires cookie accpetance, thus is phishing for user data.
This is not contributing to the community, it’s just karma farming.
>The James Webb Space Telescope has detected complex organic molecules – the building blocks of life – frozen in ice around a young star in a neighbouring galaxy.
>Many of the five ‘complex organic molecules’ found around the star can be found on Earth.
>That includes methanol and ethanol (common types of alcohol), methyl formate and acetaldehyde, and acetic acid (the main component of vinegar).
>In fact, acetic acid has never been definitively detected in space ice before.
>Ethanol, methyl formate and acetaldehyde represent the first detections of these complex organic molecules in ices outside the Milky Way galaxy.
# Why this is big news
>These molecules were found in very challenging environments which, say the team, speaks volumes for Webb’s unprecedented ability to tease out groundbreaking discoveries in far-flung corners of the Universe.
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Can someone explain how that image barely 5×5 pixels can show any meaningful data in regards to identification?