{"id":3142,"date":"2006-03-16T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T19:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2006\/03\/16\/3142"},"modified":"2006-03-16T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T19:32:52","slug":"cosmic-dna-double-helix-spotted-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2006\/03\/cosmic-dna-double-helix-spotted-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic &#8216;DNA&#8217;: Double Helix Spotted in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/pics\/weblog\/space-dna.jpg\" title=\"Infrared signal (the negative image) from the Double Helix Nebula. Credit: M. Morris, UCLA\" class=\"pic_100px\" \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/space\/20060315\/sc_space\/cosmicdnadoublehelixspottedinspace\" rel=\"external\">Yahoo News:<\/a> &#8220;Magnetic forces at the center of the galaxy have twisted a nebula into the shape of DNA.<\/strong> The double helix shape is commonly seen inside living organisms, but this is the first time it has been observed in the cosmos.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/space\/20060315\/sc_space\/cosmicdnadoublehelixspottedinspace\" rel=\"external\">Read the whole article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/php\/multimedia\/imagedisplay\/img_display.php?pic=060315_dna_nebula_02.jpg&amp;cap=This+is+a+color+enhanced+version+of+the+infrared+signal+to+make+the+Double+Helix+Nebula{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62}27s+features+easier+to+see.+The+spots+are+mostly+red+giants+and+red+supergiants.+Many+other+stars+are+present,+but+are+too+dim+to+appear.+Credit{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62}3A+NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/UCLA{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62}0D{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62}20\" rel=\"external\">image 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/php\/multimedia\/imagedisplay\/img_display.php?pic=060315_dna_nebula3_02.jpg&amp;cap=Infrared+signal+(the+negative+image)+from+the+Double+Helix+Nebula.+Credit{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62}3A+M.+Morris,+UCLA\" rel=\"external\">image 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is such exciting news because, weirdly, I have always known that at least one of these would be spotted in space during my lifetime.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo News: &#8220;Magnetic forces at the center of the galaxy have twisted a nebula into the shape of DNA. The double helix shape is commonly seen inside living organisms, but this is the first time it has been observed in the cosmos.&#8221; Read the whole article image 1 image 2 This is such exciting news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}