GBT Detection Unlocks Exploration of ‘Aromatic’ Interstellar Chemistry

Video explaining the discovery of benzonitrile in interstellar space.

Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; GBO/AUI/NSF; B. McGuire; B. Saxton
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GBT Detection Unlocks Exploration of ‘Aromatic’ Interstellar Chemistry
Astronomers using the GBT have made the first definitive interstellar detection of benzonitrile, an intriguing organic molecule.

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