Several short-chain fatty acids and their corresponding potential existing hydrated forms are important molecules in interstellar space.
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Reaction Kinetics Of CN + Toluene And Its Implication On The Productions Of Aromatic Nitriles In The Taurus Molecular Cloud And Titan’s Atmosphere
Reactions between cyano radical and aromatic hydrocarbons are believed to be important pathways for the formation of aromatic nitriles in the interstellar medium (ISM) including those identified in the Taurus […]
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How Were Amino Acids Formed Before The Origin Of Life On Earth?
Our solar system formed from a molecular cloud, which was composed of gas and dust that was emitted into the interstellar medium (ISM), a vast space between stars. On collapse […]
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Carbon-Chain Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium
The presence of carbon-chain molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM) has been known since the early 1970s and >100 such species have been identified to date, making up >40% of […]
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Space Chemistry: Exploring Our Chemical Origins And Habitability
How did life begin? Is it common or rare across the Universe ? Can life on Earth survive elsewhere in the Solar system?
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ALMA Traces The History Of Water In Planet Formation Back To The Interstellar Medium
Scientists studying a nearby protostar have detected the presence of water in its circumstellar disk. The new observations made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) mark the first detection […]
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Could Nucleobases Form In The ISM? A Theoretical Study In The Horsehead Nebula
This work presents the results of a theoretical study that analyzed the possibility of nucleobases to form in the interstellar medium, in the Horsehead nebula, which is a region considered […]
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Chemical Models Of Adenine Precursors Cyanamide And Carbodiimide In The Interstellar Medium
Cyanamide (NH2CN) and its isomer, carbodiimide (HNCNH), may form adenine in the interstellar medium (ISM) via a series of reactions.
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Resonant Infrared Irradiation Of CO And CH3OH Interstellar Ices
Solid-phase photo-processes involving icy dust grains greatly affect the chemical evolution of the interstellar medium by leading to the formation of complex organic molecules and by inducing photodesorption.
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Carbonaceous Dust Grains Within Galaxies Seen In The First Billion Years Of Cosmic Time
Interstellar dust captures a significant fraction of elements heavier than helium in the solid state and is an indispensable component both in theory and observations of galaxy evolution.