Recent Comments

    Taurus Molecular Cloud tagged posts

    Scientists uncover Warehouse-full of Complex Molecules never before seen in Space

    March 20, 2021, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    In a series of nine papers, scientists from the GOTHAM—Green Bank Telescope Observations of TMC-1: Hunting Aromatic Molecules—project described the detection of more than a dozen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, or TMC-1. These complex molecules, are allowing scientists to better understand the formation of stars, planets, and other bodies. In this artist’s conception, some of the detected molecules include, from left to right: 1-cyanonaphthalene, 1-cyano-cyclopentadiene, HC11N, 2-cyanonaphthalene, vinylcyanoacetylene, 2-cyano-cyclopentadiene, benzonitrile, trans-(E)-cyanovinylacetylene, HC4NC, and propargylcyanide, among others.
    Credit: M. Weiss / Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

    Radio observations of a cold, dense cloud of molecular ga...

    Read More