Webb finds molecule only made by living things in another world::undefined

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Technically, this is astrochemistry, not astronomy. I don’t know what the expected sigma value there is.

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      1 year ago

      Whats less than 0 sigma? I kid but only a little Astrochemistry is fantastically difficult, it involves large networks of reactions, many of which have multiple orders of magnitudes of uncertainty on their rates. Different groups can tey to model the same conditions and end up with over a factor of 1000 difference in the abundences of key tracer speices.

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        1 year ago

        That’s why I’m positive but not excited yet. It’s a good sign. We need to see if detecting it can be replicated… although I’m not sure how to do that except with the Webb again.