Scientists Found Breathable Oxygen in Another Galaxy for the First Time

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Molecular oxygen is a key component of the air humans breath, and now astronomers have spotted it a half-billion light-years away. But don’t hold your breath for quasar whippets.

Oxygen is the third most common element in the universe after helium and hydrogen, but many of them exist as molecules of water associated with hydrogen. For this reason, ‘oxygen molecules’ as if breathing by humans have not been found outside the Milky Way galaxy where the solar system exists. The existence of such oxygen molecules was first confirmed in galaxies more than 500 million light-years away.

References –
Molecular Oxygen in the Nearest QSO Mrk 231-IOPscience
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab612d

The first molecular oxygen has been spotted beyond the Milky Way | Science News

Molecular oxygen has been spotted beyond the Milky Way for the first time

Scientists Found Breathable Oxygen in Another Galaxy for the First Time-VICE
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxezvm/scientists-found-breathable-oxygen-in-another-galaxy-for-the-first-time

Astronomers Have Detected Molecular Oxygen in Another Galaxy For The First Time
https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-molecular-oxygen-has-been-found-in-another-galaxy

For the First Time, Molecular Oxygen Was Spotted Outside the Milky Way
https://interestingengineering.com/for-the-first-time-molecular-oxygen-was-spotted-outside-the-milky-way

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