Astrochemistry – Page 5

Research

Telescope detects ionised carbon in early galaxies

2015-07-23T00:00:00Z

Dust discovery reveals youthful universe went through a rapid process of evolution

Research

Confirmation of buckyballs in the Milky Way

2015-07-16T00:00:00Z

Gas-phase spectra clears up decades old mystery of unidentified absorption bands in our galaxy

Research

Space-like conditions give rise to metabolic precursors

2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Study suggests that vitamin B₃ and quinolinic acid could have originated in interstellar ices

Research

Comet 67P’s carbon blanket promises solar system birth insights

2015-01-22T00:00:00Z

Rosetta probe suggests comet contains complex organic compounds similar to those found in nebula that spawned the sun and planets

Research

Solar wind whips up water on moon

2014-10-06T00:00:00Z

Isotopic analysis shows that water on Earth’s satellite is created by proton bombardment

Research

First interstellar sighting of a branched alkyl molecule

2014-09-25T00:00:00Z

Discovery shows that stellar nurseries could hold amino acids too that might have been the spark for life on Earth

Research

Wendy Brown: Space dust chemistry

2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

The University of Sussex’s Wendy Brown explains how astrochemical research is done in the lab

Podcast

Chemistry World podcast - August 2014

2014-08-05T00:00:00Z

This month, how artificial comets may explain the origins of asymmetry in life. Plus, we speak to Martyn Poliakoff

Podcast

Helium hydride

2014-03-19T00:00:00Z

Brian Clegg introduces the first compound to ever exist: Helium hydride

Research

Where did Earth’s water come from?

2012-07-13T00:00:00Z

Study of meteorite isotope ratios suggests Earth’s water was delivered by express asteroid rather than comets