The discovery of a four-ring carbon molecule in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed An asteroid has helped researchers discover the largest molecule ever ...

The infrared James Webb telescope is 100 times more powerful than the Hubble telescope. It has 18 separate mirror segments made of ultra-lightweight beryllium. This telescope launched into space on ...

Oxidative species, generated endogenously via metabolism or from exogenous sources, play crucial roles in the body. At low levels, these species support immune functions by participating in ...

Carbon is the building block for all life on Earth and accounts for approximately 45–50% of all dry biomass. When bonded with ...

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 ...

Researchers at MIT and their colleagues have observed the molecule pyrene in a distant molecular cloud, which could help ...

Astronomers have detected one of the largest carbon-based molecules ever discovered in deep space, identified as pyrene, ...

"By learning more about how these molecules form and are transported in space, we learn more about our own solar system and so, the life within it." ...

“It was the beginning of astrochemistry. I’m excited to work in the home ground of Andrew McKellar and in this field,” said Dr. Cooke.