29 August 2016
Dust is the key to producing complex organic molecules in space
...-forming region, are one step closer to unlocking how these molecules are formed in the deep recesses of space. Complex organic molecules (COMs), from an astrophysical point of view, are molecules that have at least six or more atoms, some of which...
31 January 2018
Surprise find of complex organic molecules in LMC
... compound compared to its larger counterparts, even methanol (CH3OH) has a role to play in the creation of more complex organic molecules. The molecules were found around a group of young protostars – very young stars that are still gathering mass...
09 June 2017
Key ingredients to life found around Sun-like stars
... to life, around three solar-type protostars. This chemical building block of life is methyl isocyanate, a complex organic molecule containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the chemical configuration CH3NCO. Intriguingly, this is not...
29 June 2016
Researchers detect interstellar organic materials being fed into a young planetary system
... source, SO preferentially exists in the boundary between the infalling gas and the disk structure, while unsaturated complex organic molecules such as CCH and cyclic-C3H2 are very abundant in the infalling gas. Although comparisons between the...
28 October 2020
Unexpected molecule found in Titan's atmosphere
... said, “but we need to know what’s happening in the atmosphere to understand the chemical reactions that lead complex organic molecules to form and rain down to the surface. Although the hunt is on for larger hydrocarbons, discovering this relatively...
04 March 2019
Does life grow like this elsewhere in the cosmos?
...are byproducts of amino acid reactions, however some scientists theorise they too could bond to form more complex organic molecules that could lead to life. "We've shown that in geological conditions similar to early Earth, and maybe to other planets...
