Das Massenverhältnis von Protonen zu Elektronen gilt als Naturkonstante. Und dies zurecht, wie neueste radioastronomische Beobachtungen einer fernen Galaxie gezeigt haben. Mit dem 100-Meter-Radioteleskop in Effelsberg haben Wissenschaftler der VU-Universität Amsterdam und des Max-Planck-Instituts für Radioastronomie in Bonn Absorptionslinien des Moleküls Methanol bei einer Reihe von charakteristischen Frequenzen gemessen. In einer weit entfernten Galaxie analysierten die Forscher das Spektrum des einfachsten Vertreters aus der Stoffgruppe der Alkohole. Ergebnis: Moleküle und molekulare Materie weisen heute mit hoher Genauigkeit dieselben Eigenschaften auf wie vor sieben Milliarden Jahren. Insbesondere das Massenverhältnis von Protonen und Elektronen hat sich demnach in diesem Zeitraum um maximal hpvrsbyajggeygoffp Ugybjuy eabjfphh.
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