We explain that black holes are the most efficient capacitors of quantum information. It is thereby expected that all sufficiently advanced civilizations ultimately employ black holes in their quantum computers.
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Carbonaceous Dust Grains Within Galaxies Seen In The First Billion Years Of Cosmic Time
Interstellar dust captures a significant fraction of elements heavier than helium in the solid state and is an indispensable component both in theory and observations of galaxy evolution.
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Benchmark Studies On The Isomerization Enthalpies For Interstellar Molecular Species
With the well-established correlation between the relative stabilities of isomers and their interstellar abundances coupled with the prevalence of isomeric species among the interstellar molecular species, isomerization remains a plausible […]
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Simulation Of CH3OH Ice UV Photolysis Under Laboratory Conditions
Methanol is the most complex molecule securely identified in interstellar ices and is a key chemical species for understanding chemical complexity in astrophysical environments.
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Discovery Of Amorphous Ice May Change Our Understanding Of Water
Researchers at UCL and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other known ices and that may rewrite […]
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Clouds Of Theseus: long-lived Molecular Clouds Are Composed Of Short-lived H2 Molecules
We use passive gas tracer particles in an Arepo simulation of a dwarf spiral galaxy to relate the Lagrangian evolution of star-forming gas parcels and their H2 molecules to the […]
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A Reexamination of Phosphorus and Chlorine Depletions in the Diffuse Interstellar Medium
We present a comprehensive examination of interstellar P and Cl abundances based on an analysis of archival spectra acquired with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph of the Hubble Space Telescope […]
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Cyanopolyyne Chemistry In The L1544 Prestellar Core: New Insights From GBT Observations
We report a comprehensive study of the cyanopolyyne chemistry in the prototypical prestellar core L1544.
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Black Holes As Tools For Quantum Computing By Advanced Extraterrestrial Civilizations
We explain that black holes are the most efficient capacitors of quantum information. It is thereby expected that all sufficiently advanced civilizations ultimately employ black holes in their quantum computers.
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James Webb Space Telescope Identifies Origins Of Icy Building Blocks Of Life
Interstellar molecular clouds are considered to be the birth sites of planetary systems.