<uni> A Waste of 1,000 Research Papers in Genetics. How bad are other areas?

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Materials emit different frequencies of light based on temperature. And you are clearly knowledgeable. Do you know what the current explaination for the "Pillars of Light" material formations?

If energy in space is dominated by gravity and nuclear reactions, then how are these clouds radiating light? The event that preceded their formation was eons ago, so they definitely should be relatively cooled.

Why do you suppose this cloud continues to radiate, and isn't instead freezing in space (Ort Cloud coldish)?

[–]zyxzevn[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That is in interesting formation.

There is a clear distribution of materials. I don't know the cause of that, I would really need to study it more. More information could be visible in the radiowaves and ultraviolet/x-ray range.

My first idea is that this matter was produced by some explosion or a plasma beam in the past. That might explain the cloud-shapes.

The matter itself might be compressed via electromagnetic forces. We should check for the stark/zeeman effect and polarisation effects. That would give us more information about the electromagnetic activity. There also should be vague plasma bridges between the dense stars.

In peer-reviewed articles, this would be explained with gravity after an explosion. And of course some invisible dark matter to top it off.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

In peer-reviewed articles, this would be explained with gravity after an explosion. And of course some invisible dark matter to top it off.

Yep. They teach this at Hogwarts.