From: rokimoto557@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/8/2025 10:32 PM, Pro Plyd wrote:   
   >   
   > https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/08/nasa-japans-xrism-made-discovery/   
   >   
   > Published in the Publications of the Astronomical   
   > Society of Japan on June 27, 2025, this   
   > international study marks the first direct   
   > detection of both solid and gaseous sulfur in the   
   > interstellar medium, using data from the Japan-led   
   > XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission)   
   > satellite.   
   > ...   
   > The sulfur was detected in regions of the   
   > interstellar medium (ISM)—a mixture of gas and   
   > dust that fills the space between stars—by   
   > analyzing how the X-rays from bright background   
   > sources interacted with intervening material.   
   > ...   
   > Why Sulfur Matters Beyond Earth   
   >   
   > Sulfur plays a pivotal role not only in   
   > astrophysics but also in planetary science and   
   > biology. On Earth, sulfur is essential to   
   > life—it is a component of amino acids, proteins,   
   > and enzymes. In space, understanding where   
   > sulfur resides helps scientists refine models   
   > of planet formation, habitability, and   
   > astrochemistry.   
   >   
   > Tracking sulfur through its different cosmic   
   > environments may also help explain the delivery   
   > of volatile elements to young planets via   
   > meteorites and comets. The fact that sulfur can   
   > switch states so easily—from gas to solid and   
   > back again—makes it a highly dynamic tracer of   
   > chemical processes across varying densities and   
   > temperatures in the galaxy.   
   > ...   
   >   
      
   I've often wondered why the elements condense into nearly pure   
   agregates.  Why do you get nearly pure sulfur precipitating around   
   volcanic vents when a lot of elements are are in the gas?  Why do veins   
   of gold form in granite?  Why can diamonds form in the crust of the   
   earth?  When a star explodes you just get stellar dust clouds and the   
   elements start forming larger particles.  You get molten conglomerates   
   like the early earth and the elements seem to find each other and you   
   get veins of gold and gold nuggets forming with the quartz crystals.   
   Why isn't everything just a big mess?   
      
   Ron Okimoto   
      
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