Detection of Naphtalene Cation in the Interestellar Medium
1 Nov 2008, 14:00 UTC
A team of astronomers has reported the first evidence for the presence of naphthalene cation in a region of the interestellar medium. This identification adds support to the
hypothesis that this type of molecules could play an important role in the formation of prebiotic molecules present in the protoplanetary material.
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