This One Molecule Could Be the Source of All Life on Earth
All life on Earth is based on the element carbon, but scientists aren’t sure what initially supplied all that carbon to our ...
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Scientists found one of the largest carbon-based space molecules ever. Here's why that's a big deal
Scientists have identified one of the largest carbon-based molecules in space yet. It could help us decode the origins of ...
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Breakthrough Discovery: Astronomers Detect Massive Carbon Molecules in Space, Revealing Key to Planet Formation
Astronomers have detected one of the largest carbon-based molecules ever discovered in deep space, identified as pyrene, ...
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Scientists detect molecules that store carbon in space
A large amount of pyrene, a carbon-rich molecule known as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, has been found in a distant ...
Space’s Secret Ingredient: Pyrene’s Role in Our Universe
MIT researchers have found pyrene, a complex carbon molecule, in a distant interstellar cloud similar to the one that formed our solar system. Detected using radio astronomy, this discovery suggests ...
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Radio telescope detects molecules that store high amounts of carbon in cosmic cloud
A team of astronomers, led by MIT researchers, has identified a molecule called pyrene, a complex hydrocarbon, within an ...
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Astronomers detect 'Pyrene,' a key molecule for life, in space
Astronomers estimate pyrene constitutes roughly 0.1% of the carbon present in Taurus cloud—a number which Brett McGuire, ...
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Discovery of carbon-storing molecules in a distant interstellar cloud may shed light on how our own solar system formed
A team led by researchers at MIT has discovered that a distant interstellar cloud contains an abundance of pyrene, a type of ...
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Astronomers Discover Complex Carbon Molecules in Interstellar Space
A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant ...
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MIT and Canadian Scientists Reveal Discovery of Key Carbon Molecule in Distant Space Cloud
Researchers at MIT and their colleagues have observed the molecule pyrene in a distant molecular cloud, which could help ...
Astronomers Discover Complex Carbon Molecules In Space – Clues To Life’s Origins
Astronomers find large carbon molecules in space, offering new insights into life’s origins and the chemical precursors of ...
‘Starlit Carbon’: Uncovering the cosmic roots of life’s building blocks
Researchers have identified pyrene, one of the largest carbon-based molecules, within the Taurus molecular cloud, 430 ...