29 August 2016
Dust is the key to producing complex organic molecules in space
...the simplest sugar alcohol, have both been detected in the interstellar medium (ISM); but how did they get there? Did... or were they produced via reactions on the surface of interstellar dust grains? Using the Green Bank Telescope, the IRAM 30m...
09 June 2017
Key ingredients to life found around Sun-like stars
...showed that the molecule can be formed at extremely cold interstellar temperatures, down to 15 Kelvin (–258 degrees Celsius), ...under very cold conditions that are similar to those in interstellar space. This implies that this molecule, and thus the ...
02 October 2017
New molecule discovery may have implications for chemistry on Earth
... known as IRAS 16293-2422. While the new ALMA observation is the first detection ever of a stable organohalogen in interstellar space, it simultaneously dashes hopes that its presence points to potential signs of life beyond our planet. On Earth...
29 October 2018
A rare discovery helps scientists measure a key process in star formation
... of a dark molecular cloud, a giant gaseous interstellar region that will eventually one day become the breeding...need all of the atomic hydrogen that is drifting around in the interstellar medium (the space between the star systems in a galaxy) to...
30 April 2021
Scientists identify 14 stars that could be made of antimatter
...type of energy. If normal matter was drawn down from interstellar space onto the surface of an antistar it would annihilate and..., as there would be much less gas and dust in interstellar space to accrete onto any potential antistars. Without a strong ...
21 June 2019
ESA's new mission to intercept a comet
...it is time to build upon their successes and visit a pristine comet, or be ready for the next ‘Oumuamua-like interstellar object.” What is a Fast mission? Comet Interceptor is a ‘fast’, or F-class mission. The ‘fast’ refers to the implementation time...
