Atomic carbon in its ground electronic state, C(3P), is expected to be present at high abundances during the evolution of dense molecular clouds. Consequently, its reactions with other interstellar species […]
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Webb Space Telescope Finds Ethanol And Other Organic Molecules Surrounding Young Protostars
What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common? They contain chemical ingredients that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified surrounding two young protostars known as IRAS 2A […]
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Towards the IR Detection of Carbonic Acid: Absorption and Emission Spectra
With the recent radioastronomical detection of cis-trans-carbonic acid (H2CO3) in a molecular cloud toward the galactic center, the more stable but currently unobserved cis-cis conformer is shown here to have […]
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Possibilities For Methanogenic And Acetogenic Life In A Molecular Cloud
There are life forms in space and the ancestor of Earth life came from interstellar space according to models like panspermia.
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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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NASA Scientists Study Life Origins By Simulating a Cosmic Evolution
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals.