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Astronomers Discover Complex Organic Matter Exists... →

galacticrats: This is so cool! Welp. In one sense, it’s not too surprising; the only distinction between “organic” and unorganic chemicals is an arbitrary distinction based on carbon content, so it’s not too far-fetched to think that the same carbon-based chemicals could arise by other means. In another sense, it’s immensely exciting, because it’s entirely...

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Spiral Arms Hint at Presence of Planets: High... →

thenewenlightenmentage: Two spiral arms emerge from the gas-rich disk around SAO 206462, a young star in the constellation Lupus. This image, acquired by the Subaru Telescope and its HiCIAO instrument, is the first to show spiral arms in a circumstellar disk. The disk itself is some 14 billion miles across, or about twice the size of Pluto’s orbit in our own solar system. (Credit: ...

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