... comet nucleus that causes the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules ... photon from the Sun hits a water molecule in the comet s coma and ionizes it ... This electron then hits another water molecule in the coma, breaking it apart into ...
... are used to indicate the density and motions of the water molecules within the cloud ... Emission arises from molecules that are approaching the center where the new star ...
... Shop . Home . / . News . / . Herschel telescope detects oxygen molecules in space . ... Herschel found oxygen molecules in a dense patch of gas and dust adjacent to star-forming regions in the Orion nebula. ...
... has detected buckyballs - intriguing, miniature-soccer-ball-shaped molecules - in interstellar space for the first time ... With these new results, the buckyball claims the record for the largest molecule ever discovered floating between the stars. ...
... The planet HD 189733b, shown here in an artist's rendering, appears to be missing common molecules like water and methane. ... Astronomers speculate that these molecules are present but hidden behind a high layer of silicate clouds. ...
... CO molecules are common in space between stars, but these molecules are usually in a ... from rare CO molecules that are warm and extremely dense (10 million molecules per ...
... These distinctive patterns confirm that the HNC and H 2 CO molecules actually form within the coma and provide new evidence that HNC may be produced by the breakdown of large molecules or organic dust. ...
... five types of molecules, including complex organic molecules such as cyanoacetylene ... molecules are exposed to these photons, their atomic bonds are broken and the ...