{"id":4365,"date":"2023-06-27T02:08:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T02:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/06\/27\/nasas-james-webb-discovers-new-carbon-compound-in-space-that-forms-foundations-of-all\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T02:08:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T02:08:14","slug":"nasas-james-webb-discovers-new-carbon-compound-in-space-that-forms-foundations-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/nasas-james-webb-discovers-new-carbon-compound-in-space-that-forms-foundations-of-all\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA’s James Webb discovers new carbon compound in space that forms foundations of all"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NASA’s James Webb discovers new carbon compound in space that forms the foundations of all known life: Molecule was detected 1,350 light-years from Earth in the Orion Nebula<\/h2>\n

By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com<\/a> <\/p>\n

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NASA<\/a>‘s James Webb<\/a> Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a new carbon compound in space for the first time that forms the foundations of all known life.<\/p>\n

Known as methyl cation (CH3+), the molecule was found in a young star system about\u00a01,350 light-years away in the Orion Nebula, an enormous cloud of dust and gas where vast numbers of new stars are being forged.<\/p>\n

CH3+ is theorized to be particularly important because it reacts readily with many other molecules, and scientists suspect it forms a cornerstone of interstellar organic chemistry.<\/p>\n

The discovery<\/a>, led by\u00a0the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Toulouse, will give astronomers more clues to how the universe formed.<\/p>\n

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The molecule was found in a young star system about 1,350 light-years away in the Orion Nebula, an enormous cloud of dust and gas where vast numbers of new stars are being forged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Marie-Aline Martin-Drumel of the University of Paris-Saclay in France, a member of the science team, said in a statement: ‘This detection not only validates the incredible sensitivity of Webb but also confirms the postulated central importance of CH3+ in interstellar chemistry.’<\/p>\n

The molecule was detected in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk known as d203-506.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0protoplanetary disk is a rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young, newly formed star.<\/p>\n

While the star in d203-506 is a small red dwarf, the system is bombarded by intense ultraviolet (UV) light from nearby hot, young, massive stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scientists believe that most planet-forming disks undergo intense UV radiation since stars tend to form in groups that often include massive, UV-producing stars.<\/p>\n

And most complex organic molecules are destroyed by UV radiation, which scientists said is a surprise to detect CH3+.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But in this case, the radiation could fuel the molecule with energy, allowing it to form in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Researches said: ‘This detection not only validates the incredible sensitivity of Webb but also confirms the postulated central importance of CH3+ in interstellar chemistry’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Broadly, the team notes that the molecules they saw in d203-506 are quite different from typical protoplanetary disks. In particular, they could not detect any signs of water.<\/p>\n

Lead author Olivier Bern\u00e9 of the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Toulouse said: ‘This clearly shows that ultraviolet radiation can completely change the chemistry of a protoplanetary disk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It might actually play a critical role in the early chemical stages of the origins of life.’<\/p>\n

Experts believe\u00a0JWST – the most powerful device ever launched into space – will help lead the charge in discovering an\u00a0<\/span>exoplanet hospitable for life in the next 25 years.<\/p>\n

Astrophysicist Sasha Quanz, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, believes aliens will be confirmed in two and a half decades, but JWST will not do it – its successors will.<\/p>\n

These statements are echoed in a recent study from the University of California that stated extraterrestrials will make contact with humans by 2029, but not with the help of telescopes.<\/p>\n

The JWST has already detected carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of two exoplanets outside our Solar System – the first-ever observations of this kind.<\/p>\n

This is because JWST can analyze molecules in the atmosphere of distant worlds and identify those essential for life.<\/p>\n

Building off of the technology and success of JWST, NASA is developing a multi-billion successor tasked with searching for life on Earth-like planets as soon as the early 2040s.<\/p>\n

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HabEx) will specifically examine the air of Earth-like ‘exoplanets’ for signs they could sustain life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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