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Radio telescope detects molecules that store high amounts of carbon in cosmic cloud
A mysterious cosmic cloud of gas and dust harbors secrets that could unlock the origins ... meter Green Bank Telescope to detect pyrene in the TMC-1 cloud. PAHs are large molecules composed of fused ...
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Nano-scale molecular detective: New on-chip device uses exotic light rays in 2D material to detect molecules
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive detector for identifying molecules via their infrared vibrational “fingerprint” ...
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Discovery of carbon-storing molecules in a distant interstellar cloud may shed light on how our own solar system formed
Before looking for these molecules in space ... as clumps of dust and gas coalesce into larger bodies and begin to heat up. Planets, asteroids, and comets arise from some of the gas and dust ...