Webb Discovers Surprising Hydrocarbon Abundance in Mysterious Core of Nearby Luminous Galaxy

JWST finds a surprise flood of organic molecules in a hidden galaxy

Deep inside a nearby galaxy, a black hole sits behind a thick wall of dust. Almost all its light gets trapped. Yet the chemistry inside that buried core still leaves tracks you can read, if you look in the right kind of light. That is what a new study in Nature Astronomy delivers. The work was led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, with key modeling techniques developed by researchers at the University of Oxford. Lead author Dr. Is…

Webb Discovers Surprising Hydrocarbon Abundance in Mysterious Core of Nearby Luminous Galaxy

Astronomers utilizing the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have identified an extraordinary presence of small gas-phase hydrocarbons—such as benzene, triacetylene, diacetylene, acetylene, methane, and methyl radicals—within the concealed core of the ultra-bright infrared galaxy IRAS 07251-0248. Hydrocarbons are influential in shaping the chemistry of the interstellar medium. However, definite observational constraints on their enrichment …

Webb Detects Unexpected Richness of Hydrocarbons in Obscured Core of Nearby Ultra-Luminous Galaxy

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered an unprecedented richness of small gas-phase hydrocarbons in the deeply obscured nucleus of the ultra-luminous infrared galaxy IRAS 07251-0248, which is located in the constellation of Monoceros. The post Webb Detects Unexpected Richness of Hydrocarbons in Obscured Core of Nearby Ultra-Luminous Galaxy appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

James Webb Space Telescope reveals an exceptional richness of organic molecules in one of the most infrared luminous galaxies in the local Universe

A recent study, led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA and using modelling techniques developed at the University of Oxford, has uncovered an unprecedented richness of small organic molecules in the deeply obscured nucleus of a nearby galaxy, thanks to observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The work, published in Nature Astronomy, provides new insights into how complex organic molecules and carbon are processe…