Seeing the Birth of the Universe in an Atom of Hydrogen

Stars can unveil the history of our universe, Currently Estimated to be 14 billion years old. The beyond away the star, the older it is - and the oldest stars are the most difficult to detect. Current telescopes can only see galaxies About 700 million years old, and Only When the galaxy is unusually large or as the result of a big event like a stellar explosion.

Now, an international team of scientists led by researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a method for detecting galaxies of stars That Formed When the universe was in its infancy,

Multi-tasking Supernova: stellar explosion galaxy far-off

Nature hath no fury like a dying star - and astronomers could not be happier...

An international research team, led by Edo Berger of Harvard University, made the most of a dying star's passion to probe a distant galaxy some 9.5 billion light-years distant. The dying star, which lit the galactic scene, is the MOST distant stellar explosion of its kind ever Studied. According To Berger, "It's like someone turned on a flashlight in a dark room and allowed us to see suddenly, for a short time, what this far-off galaxy looks like, what it is composed of."

Finding the Sweet ALMA

Using the telescope ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array), a group of astronomers identify sugar molecules present in the gas surrounding a young star similar to the sun. This is the first time it has been found that sugar in the space around a star of this kind.

This finding demonstrates that the essential essentials for life are in the right time and place to exist on planets that form around the star.

                                                                   

Astronomers found glycolaldehyde molecules (a simple sugar [1]) in the gas surrounding a young star called IRAS 16293-2422 young binary,