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An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life, nucleobases, could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed between the stars.
Astronomers have detected a stealthy black hole from its effects on an interstellar gas cloud. This intermediate mass black hole is one of over 100 million quiet black holes expected to be lurking in our galaxy. These results provide a new method to search for other hidden black holes and help us understand the growth and evolution of black holes.
Japanese researchers contributed to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87. One of the telescopes, ALMA, is operated through international collaboration between East Asia, Europe, and North America. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) developed the data transmission instrument for ALMA to deliver the massive data taken with the array to its base facility.
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Astronomers have found a molecular cloud that is collapsing to form two massive protostars that will eventually become a binary star system. This observation shows that binary stars form together.
FUSION SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY ENABLES INVESTIGATION OF THE ORIGIN OF HEAVY ELEMENTS A team of experts in nuclear fusion and astronomy has computed high-accuracy atomic data for analyzing light from a kilonova, a birth place of heavy elements. They found that their new data set could predict kilonovae brightness with much better accuracy than before. This aids our understanding of the cosmic origins of heavy elements. Credit: Yoshihiro Furukawa
Credit: EHT Collaboration
HOW ASIA HELPED CAPTURE FIRST IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE
SPIRALING GIANTS: WITNESSING THE BIRTH OF A MASSIVE BINARY STAR SYSTEM
Credit: NAOJ
Credit: NAOJ
HIDING BLACK HOLE FOUND
Credit: RIKEN, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Zhang et al.
Credit: Hokkaido University
LIFE’S BUILDING BLOCKS MAY HAVE FORMED IN INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS
SUGAR DELIVERED TO EARTH FROM SPACE
A new study has discovered meteorites containing RNA sugar, ribose, and other bio-important sugars, the first direct evidence of bio-essential sugars' delivery from space to the Earth.
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