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Show Interstellar Space May Contain the Element Titanium CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Discovery in far-off interstellar interstel-lar space of what is probably ionized gas of the element titanium, ti-tanium, a find astronomers say is likely to prove of tremendous significance in learning the content and nature na-ture of these nearly vacuous regions, has been reported to the Harvard Observatory by the Mount Wilson Observatory Observa-tory in California. The find was made by Dr. Walter S. Adams, director of the Mount Wilson observatory, and Dr. Theodore Theo-dore Dunham, a member of the staff, while they were conducting research on the ultraviolet part of the spectrum of the bright star Chi 2 Orionis. Will Be of Vast Importance. Harvard astronomers declared, "It seems probable that if the discovery dis-covery of the interstellar titanium is confirmed it will give information informa-tion concerning the content and nature na-ture of interstellar space that is of more importance than was the disc-very of sodium and calcium in nearly empty space." The star Chi Aurigae also shows the new titanium lines, Dr. Adams and Dr. Dunham reported, and it is probable, they added, that further fur-ther research on the spectra of the hot stars will reveal the presence of this intervening matter in all directions di-rections from the earth. |