ALMA Finds Organohalogen Methyl Chloride Around Infant Stars

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ALMA Finds Organohalogen Methyl Chloride Around Infant Stars

ALMA Finds Organohalogen Methyl Chloride Around Infant Stars

Organohalogen methyl chloride discovered by ALMA around the infant stars in IRAS 16293-2422. These same organic compounds were discovered in the thin atmosphere surrounding 67P/C-G by the Rosetta space probe. The background image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).

Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

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