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An unusual infrared flare was recorded in the galaxy NGC 3786
(ORDO NEWS) — Astronomers from South Korea and China have detected an unusual mid-infrared flare in the galaxy NGC 3786 with NASA‘s WISE infrared space telescope. The discovery is reported in a preprint published on the arXiv website. The spiral galaxy that came into the field of view of specialists is located in the constellation Ursa Major and has a redshift of about 0.009. The apparent size of the object…
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Cosmic buckyballs may be the source of mysterious infrared light
(ORDO NEWS) — Perhaps scientists have just traced the source of a mysterious infrared glow detected by stars and clouds of interstellar dust and gas. These bands of unidentified infrared radiation (UIE) have baffled scientists for decades; according to new theoretical work, at least some of these bands could be created by highly ionized buckminsterfullerene, better known as buckyballs. “I am honored to play a role in the amazingly complex…