Detection of Cosmic Fullerenes in the Almahata Sitta Meteorite: Are They an Interstellar Heritage? - Astrobiology News

Buckminsterfullerene, C60 , is the largest molecule observed to date in interstellar and circumstellar environments.

Sum of peak intensities in mass spectra recorded after classification into molecular families and for all AhS meteorite clasts studied. Each bar graph gives a picture among the meteorite samples of t… [+2780 chars]

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