To first order, the Earth as well as other rocky planets in the Solar System and rocky exoplanets orbiting other stars, are refractory pieces of the stellar nebula out of […]
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Complex Organic Molecules in Diffuse Clouds Along the Line of Sight to Sgr B2
Up to now, mostly relatively simple molecules have been detected in interstellar diffuse molecular clouds in our galaxy, but more complex species have been reported in the diffuse/translucent medium of […]
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Detection of New Methylamine Sources: Candidates for Future Glycine Surveys
It has been a long-standing problem to detect interstellar glycine (NH2CH2COOH), the simplest amino acid, in studying a possible relation between the Universe and origin of life. In the last […]
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Possible Detection of Interstellar Benzonitrile
The simplest cyanobenzene, benzonitrile (c-C6H5CN) have been possibly detected toward the cyanopolyyne peak in TMC-1. We used the results of the 8.8 — 50 GHz spectral survey of TMC-1 by […]
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Influence of Surface and Bulk Water Ice on the Reactivity of a Water-forming Reaction
On the surface of icy dust grains in the dense regions of the interstellar medium a rich chemistry can take place. Due to the low temperature, reactions that proceed via […]
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Gas – Grain Surface Chemistry In Molecular Clouds
Advanced telescopes, such as ALMA and JWST, are likely to show that the chemical universe may be even more complex than currently observed, requiring astrochemical modelers to improve their models […]
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Primordial Black Holes May Have Helped To Forge Heavy Elements
Astronomers like to say we are the byproducts of stars, stellar furnaces that long ago fused hydrogen and helium into the elements needed for life through the process of stellar […]
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The Interstellar Chemistry of C3H and C3H2 Isomers
We report the detection of linear and cyclic isomers of C3H and C3H2 towards various starless cores and review the corresponding chemical pathways involving neutral (C3Hx with x=1,2) and ionic […]
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Hunting Molecules With The Murchison Widefield Array
Astronomers have used an Australian radio telescope to observe molecular signatures from stars, gas and dust in our galaxy, which could lead to the detection of complex molecules that are […]
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The complexity of Orion: an ALMA view. II. gGg'-Ethylene Glycol and Acetic Acid
We report the first detection and high angular resolution (1.8″ × 1.1″) imaging of acetic acid (CH3COOH) and gGg′–ethylene glycol (gGg′(CH2OH)2) towards the Orion Kleinmann–Low nebula. The observations were carried […]