Interstellar formaldehyde (a topic relevant to astrochemistry) was first discovered in 1969 by L. Snyder et al. using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory...
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regions of the galaxy. Because of the widespread interest in interstellar formaldehyde, it has been extensively studied, yielding new extragalactic sources...
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Zuckerman, and Patrick Palmer find interstellar formaldehyde 1970 — Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson find interstellar carbon monoxide 1970 — George Carruthers...
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Astrochemistry (redirect from Interstellar chemistry)
first observed organic, polyatomic molecule in interstellar space The discovery of interstellar formaldehyde – and later, other molecules with potential...
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Astrophysical maser (redirect from Interstellar maser)
Zuckerman, B.; Palmer, Patrick (1969-03-31). "Microwave Detection of Interstellar Formaldehyde". Physical Review Letters. 22 (13): 679–681. Bibcode:1969PhRvL...
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The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy. This matter includes gas in ionic...
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Outer space (redirect from Interstellar space)
galaxy. Interstellar space contains an interstellar medium of sparse matter and radiation. The boundary between an astrosphere and interstellar space is...
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hdl:10261/362075. Snyder, Lewis E.; et al. (1999), "Microwave Detection of Interstellar Formaldehyde", Physical Review Letters, 61 (2): 77–115, Bibcode:1969PhRvL....
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inversion line radiation in interstellar space. A year later, Lewis Snyder and his colleagues found interstellar formaldehyde. Also in the same year George...
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An interstellar cloud is an accumulation of gas, plasma, and cosmic dust in galaxies. Put differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser-than-average...
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Cosmic dust (redirect from Interstellar dust)
further distinguished by its astronomical location: intergalactic dust, interstellar dust, interplanetary dust (as in the zodiacal cloud), and circumplanetary...
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A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud, particularly molecular clouds, that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths...
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Interstellar ice consists of grains of volatiles in the ice phase that form in the interstellar medium. Ice and dust grains form the primary material...
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first used as a chiral derivitizing agent. 1969 Interstellar formaldehyde Interstellar formaldehyde was first discovered in 1969 by Lewis Snyder, David...
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based on the molecule formaldehyde (H2CO). In 1974 Wickramasinghe first proposed the hypothesis that some dust in interstellar space was largely organic...
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intelligence, to search radio frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for interstellar communications transmitted by extraterrestrial life outside the Solar...
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reaction created sugars including tetroses, pentoses, and hexoses when formaldehyde is heated under basic conditions with divalent metal ions like calcium...
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Imidogen (redirect from NH (interstellar))
OH, H, CN+, CH, N, NH+ 2, NH+ for the interstellar medium. NH has been reported in the diffuse interstellar medium but not in dense molecular clouds...
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the formula RN=C=NR. On Earth they are exclusively synthetic, but in interstellar space the parent compound HN=C=NH has been detected by its maser emissions...
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annually, it is used as a precursor to other commodity chemicals, including formaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl tert-butyl ether, methyl benzoate, anisole, peroxyacids...
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decomposition of dimethyl disulfide. The molecule has been observed in the interstellar medium and has attracted much attention for its fundamental nature. The...
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ethylene oxide) to be detected in space. Its stability in the (dilute) interstellar medium shows that its tautomerization does not happen unimolecularly...
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Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) are absorption features seen in the spectra of astronomical objects in the Milky Way and other galaxies. They are caused...
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detected in outer space Molecules Deuterated molecules Ammonia Ammonium ion Formaldehyde Formyl radical Heavy water Hydrogen cyanide Hydrogen deuteride Hydrogen...
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aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), may have been formed in red giant stars or in interstellar dust and gas clouds, according to the scientists. In 2018, researchers...
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levels. In order to study gas phase interstellar chemistry, it is convenient to distinguish two types of interstellar clouds: diffuse clouds, with T=30–100...
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of nitriles. In 2018, benzonitrile was reported to be detected in the interstellar medium. Maki, Takao; Takeda, Kazuo (June 2000). "Benzoic Acid and Derivatives"...
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Acetic acid (section Interstellar medium)
than 95%. The major side-products are ethyl acetate, formic acid, and formaldehyde, all of which have lower boiling points than acetic acid and are readily...
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demonstrated the synthesis of organic compounds, such as amino acids, formaldehyde and sugars, from the original inorganic precursors the researchers presumed...
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trimethylolethane (CH3C(CH2OH)3) through a condensation reaction with formaldehyde. This triol is an important intermediate in the production of alkyd resins...
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