Scientists have discovered a new star with a very unusual “cocoon”

The chemical composition of clouds is substantially different from clouds, which are observed in our galaxy.

Japanese scientists have discovered a stellar cocoon with an unusual composition. Experts first encountered this structure outside the milky way.

Astronomers from Japan using the ALMA telescope was able to detect a hot cloud, enveloping the newborn star, which is composed of complex molecules. Such first spotted outside our galaxy, moreover, the chemical composition of the kernel is very different from what used to see the scientists. They shared the assumption that the finding may be due to the fact greater variety to the Universe, than could assume earlier.

We are talking about the star ST11, located in a nearby dwarf galaxy. The composition of the cocoon is very different from those that are in our Galaxy – is formaldehyde, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and familiar to other heavenly objects of space dust. But molecules of methanol, distributed in the milky way, a little. Increased interest in complex formations because they can be associated with the formation of molecules, which precede the origin of life.

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