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Cosmic Buckyballs Could Be Mysterious Infrared Light Source

Scientists may have just traced the source of some of the mysterious infrared emission detected from stars and clouds of interstellar dust and gas. This Unknown Infrared Emission Band (UIE) has baffled scientists for decades; According to a new theoretical work, at least some of these bands could be produced by highly ionized buckminsterfullerene, better known as buckyballs. “I am very honored to have played a part in the extremely complex quantum chemical investigations carried out by Dr Sadjadi that have produced these very exciting results,” said astrophysicist Quentin Parker of the Space Research Laboratory of the University of Hong Kong. “First they looked at the theoretical evidence that Fullerenes – Carbon 60 – can withstand very high ionization rates, and now this work shows the infrared emission signature of the species is a perfect match for some of the most prominent Unknown Infrared Emission features known. This will help re-strengthen this area of ​​research.” Buckminste

Mysterious Hidden Quantum Phase in 2D Crystals Captured by Scientists for the First Time

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This illustration represents the light-induced collapse of the nanoscale charge sequence in a 2D tantalum disulfide crystal (star shape) and the generation of a hidden metastable metal state (spherical). Credit: Frank Yi Gao The single-shot spectroscopy technique gives scientists a new understanding of the mysterious light-driven process. Harold “Doc” Edgerton, late MIT MIT stands for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a prestigious private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was founded in 1861. It is organized into five Schools: architecture and planning; manipulation; humanities, arts, and social sciences; management; and science. MIT’s impact includes many scientific breakthroughs and technological advances. Their stated goal is to make a better world through education, research, and innovation. ” data-gt-translate-attributes=”[{” attribute=””>MIT professor, developed high-speed strobe-flash photography in the 1960s that  allowed us to visuali

Astrophysicists Think They've Found a Mysterious Source of High-Energy Neutrinos

Some of the brightest and most energetic objects in the Universe are the mystery source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos, new research has confirmed. A comprehensive analysis has been convincing enough to link the galaxies that host the fiery cores known as blazars with these mysterious particles. It’s a result that provides a completely unexpected solution to a problem that has kept astrophysicists scratching their heads for years. “The results provide, for the first time, irrefutable observational evidence that the PeVatron blazar sub-sample is a source of extragalactic neutrinos and thus an accelerator of cosmic rays,” said astrophysicist Sara Buson of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg in Germany. Neutrinos are the odd little things at the best of times. These subatomic particles are ubiquitous and are among the most abundant in the Universe. However, their mass is almost zero, they are electrically neutral, and they interact very little with anything else in the universe

Mysterious radio signal from space with 'heartbeat' pattern detected

A mysterious radio explosion with a pattern similar to a heartbeat has been detected in space. Astronomers estimate that the signal came from a galaxy about a billion light years away, but the exact location and cause of the explosion is unknown. A study detailing the findings published Wednesday in the journal Natural . Rapid radio bursts, or FRBs, are intense, millisecond-long bursts of radio waves of unknown origin. The first FRBs were discovered in 2007, and since then, hundreds of these rapid cosmic flashes have been detected coming from various distant points throughout the universe. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Many FRBs release super-bright radio waves that last only a few milliseconds before disappearing completely, and about 10 percent of them are known to repeat and have patterns. Fast radio bursts are so fast and unpredictable that they are difficult to observe. One of the sources used to find them is a radio telescope called th