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NEW JWST IMAGE shows SEVENTEEN carbon dust shells around a binary star system
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NEW JWST IMAGE shows SEVENTEEN carbon dust shells around a binary star system
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What's a carbon dust shell and why's that cool?
@cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca A carbon dust shell is a layer of carbon-rich material expelled from a star in it's later stages of life in which a star ejects these shells due to stellar instability since they are the lighter, outer elements of a star.
It's cool because JWST could even resolve detail like that!! We can also learn more about the carbon chemistry of the system, binary dynamics, and the history of the system :D
Thank you :)
It can resolve that, but can't see the secret Nazi bases on the moon? Must be fake.
(I'm joking - this is awesome)
Ooh, I guess it can discern surface of close stars as well? Like, the betelgeuse image but in better resolution.
Carbon is pretty important for earth, and it's unclear how we have so much of it. Dual star systems shooting out carbon at 1% the speed of light kind of explains it pretty well: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/webb-watches-carbon-rich-dust-shells-form-expand-in-star-system/
The JWST website has some more information!
Carbon, like water, is a very cool ~~element~~ substance which doesn't fit nicely into the known laws of physics. Like water it is also one of the most important ~~elements~~ substances for the development of life as we know it.
Water isn’t an element. It is a compound. Hydrogen and Oxygen are elements in said compound.
Avatar lied to me!!
You might be offended but you really do need this; you’re an uneducated idiot spouting nonsense and you should stop.
You might be offended but you really do need this; you're acting like an asshole when a simple correction would've sufficed.
I've got ogmios tagged, they have a history of espousing bullshit as "fact", usually with some religious bent to it. Their science education likely came from a pastor and I doubt they'll ever sincerely try to actually learn science.
Fair enough. Still, there's no reason for the other guy to act like a dick.
Please be my guest and spend your life correcting misinformation spouting morons on the internet instead.
The morons don’t listen or learn and only pollute online spaces.
So no a simple correction would not suffice and you would know that if you were paying attention.
You're still acting like an asshole.
And you’re responding like a moron. You have failed to engage at all on the topic of misinformation and instead choose to defend spreading brain rot.
You’re still acting like an asshole. Blocked.
Good, that was always an option.
I'm sick and tired of "being an asshole" being a reason to be dismissive of someone who is correct. Have all my upvotes
Down boy. You are correct that I made an error there, talking off the cuff late at night about some of the coolest things I learned while actually getting an education in STEM. Water behaves in some really strange ways, such as being so slippery in solid form by maintaining a thin layer of liquid on the surface, or having vastly greater surface tension than other liquids.
Go use your super powers to help people who are actually in danger, instead of slinging insults at random strangers who use one word wrong while discussing their interests.
It’s not one word it is the entire thrust of this claim
Carbon and H2O have been studied extensively, they are well understood and your claim is counter to that.
If you had issues understanding it or believe it isn’t intuitive then that’s fine but a blanket statement that physics models are ‘broken’ when it comes to water is ridiculous.
My dude. You came into a thread where people were happily discussing interesting things and started shitting all over the walls.
Get help.
Your incorrect non-answer to the question helps no one.
Your shitposting is the issue here.
Get educated.
This is a forum for discussion open to the general public, not a scientific symposium. Get some perspective.
So you went from ‘mr STEM’ to ‘shitposting in public is my right’.
Well I agree, it’s a public forum, being called out on your bullshit is part of the fun.
Get over yourself.
Didn't go from anything to anything. Both are true. And you're still causing far greater problems than anything you've solved.
The problems are your hurt fee fees and they're more important than the facts are they?
Have you seen how much of this post is you arguing with multiple people? You're doing far more harm than good here.
You could have just said you don't know why those carbon rings are there or even (the horror) kept quiet.
Instead you posted bullshit and got called out.
I don't care beyond telling you that you are full of shit and should know when to shut up.
I used one word in error. What I posted was not bullshit.
Wrong as I have already clearly stated.
This is complete and utter bullshit and the fact you don't understand this is really damning.
Remember the actual question?
Carbon is well understood and behaves as expected. Science can and has explained why those carbon dust shells are present in the JWST image.
So you didn't address the question, you were wrong, and you've continued arguing about it because that's what morons spreading misinformation do.
Carbon does behave differently than similar elements though. Maybe you ought to look in a mirror.
Carbon still fits into the laws of physics you nonce.
Not neatly. It defies many standard rules, as explained in that link. It's super cool!