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A Direct View of the Chemical Properties of Water from Another Planetary System: Water D/H in 3I/ATLAS

by Keith Cowing

All detected water reservoirs in the solar system exhibit a deuterium enrichment that links back to the physical environment at the time of stellar birth.

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JWST Observations of Young protoStars (JOYS+): Detection Of Icy Complex Organic Molecules And Ions. I. CH4, SO2, HCOO−, OCN−, H2CO, HCOOH, CH3CH2OH, CH3CHO, CH3OCHO, CH3COOH

by Keith Cowing

Complex organic molecules (COMs) detected in the gas phase are thought to be mostly formed on icy grains, but no unambiguous detection of icy COMs larger than CH3OH has been […]

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