Pockets of calm protect molecules around a supermassive black hole

Pockets of calm protect molecules around a supermassive black hole

02/26/2015 02:55 PM EST

Researchers using the National Science Foundation-funded Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have discovered regions where certain organic molecules somehow endure the intense radiation near the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 1068, also known to amateur stargazers as M77.

Full story at https://public.nrao.edu/news/pressreleases/alma-m77

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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