Our Sun ’s energy is the source of all life on the planet , trusted . But what if it was also the source of the first constitutive compounds that gave rise to life itself ? A squad of Hong Kong researchers believe they ’ve proved just that .
The team from the University of Hong Kong have issue a report that apparently explains the phenomena of Unidentified Infrared Emission feature . These features cause observable infrared emissions in stars and were originally think to have been because of simple polycyclic redolent hydrocarbon ( PAH ) molecules comprised of carbon and atomic number 1 . However , this report pins the source of the UIE features as complex organic compounds — structurally akin to coal — that are made naturally by ace and ejected into blank . Trace total of these compound can be launch in interstellar dust cloud .
This is n’t the find of extraterrestrial life sentence , mind you , as these compounds are constitutional but ca n’t be classified as either alive or idle . However , they are the first grounds that sensation can by nature generate compounds on this scale of complexity — and quickly , producing them in a thing of weeks .
“ Our work has show that star have no problem making complex organic chemical compound under near - vacuum conditions , ” say Prof. Sun Kwok , of the research team . “ Theoretically , this is out of the question , but observationally we can see it happening . ” [ Gizmag – Daily GalaxyTop image good manners ofNASA ]
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