![Moment 0 maps of CH3CN (orange contours) overlaid on the CH3OH (51,4 − 41,3 A) emission (grey-scaled background). The moment maps are shown only around the systemic velocity ([10.8 ± 1] km s−1 ; right), where the CH3CN emission is detected. For CH3OH the 4𝜎 level is shown with the grey contours. For CH3CN, levels start at 4𝜎 with steps of 1𝜎 (1𝜎 = 2.9 mJy.beam−1km s−1 ). The green circles show the five regions of 0.5 ′′ × 0.5 ′′ defined to extract the spectra. The filled cyan square indicates the location of the starless core FIR6c-c (Kainulainen et al. 2017; Bouvier et al. 2021). The beams of CH3OH and CH3CN are depicted in the lower left corner of the left box. The dashed black circle represents the primary beam of 24.5′′ from the CH3CN observation. -- astro-ph.GA](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Discovery-Of-An-Intriguing-Chemically.png?resize=1200%2C720&ssl=1)
Studying chemically rich protostellar outflows and their jet provides an important insight into the low-mass star formation process and its related chemistry.
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Photocleavage Of Aliphatic C–C Bonds In The Interstellar Medium
Ultraviolet (UV) processing in the insterstellar medium (ISM) induces the dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons. Aliphatics, including alkanes, are present in different interstellar environments, being prevalently formed in evolved stars; thus, the […]