The data from Webb found the telltale signature of large organic molecules akin to smog and smoke —building blocks of the same cancer-causing hydrocarbon emissions on Earth that are key contributors to atmospheric pollution. However, Spilker says the implications of galactic smoke signals are much less disastrous for their cosmic ecosystems. “These big molecules are […]
Two College of Arts and Sciences seniors — Emily Orr ’23 and Grace Vaughn ’23 — are among the three recipients of the 2023 Trustees’ Outstanding Student Award.…Read More→ The post Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees Honors Three Outstanding Seniors appeared first on the The College of Arts and Sciences News page.
Though we live in a vast three-dimensional universe, celestial objects seen through a telescope look flat because everything is so far away. Now for the first time, astronomers including Texas A&M University’s Dr. Jonelle Walsh have measured the three-dimensional shape of one of the biggest and closest elliptical galaxies to the Earth, M87 — a […]