Oct. 27th, 2010
Buckyballs in Space
Oct. 27th, 2010 10:20 pmI was intrigued by this article about buckyballs.
Space Buckyballs Thrive, Finds NASA Spitzer Telescope
PASADENA, Calif. -- Astronomers have discovered bucket loads of buckyballs
in space. They used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to find the little carbon
spheres throughout our Milky Way galaxy -- in the space between stars and
around three dying stars. What's more, Spitzer detected buckyballs around a
fourth dying star in a nearby galaxy in staggering quantities -- the
equivalent in mass to about 15 of our moons.
( Read more... )
Buckyballs in Space
Oct. 27th, 2010 10:20 pmI was intrigued by this article about buckyballs.
Space Buckyballs Thrive, Finds NASA Spitzer Telescope
PASADENA, Calif. -- Astronomers have discovered bucket loads of buckyballs
in space. They used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to find the little carbon
spheres throughout our Milky Way galaxy -- in the space between stars and
around three dying stars. What's more, Spitzer detected buckyballs around a
fourth dying star in a nearby galaxy in staggering quantities -- the
equivalent in mass to about 15 of our moons.
( Read more... )
Buckyballs in Space
Oct. 27th, 2010 10:20 pmI was intrigued by this article about buckyballs.
Space Buckyballs Thrive, Finds NASA Spitzer Telescope
PASADENA, Calif. -- Astronomers have discovered bucket loads of buckyballs
in space. They used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to find the little carbon
spheres throughout our Milky Way galaxy -- in the space between stars and
around three dying stars. What's more, Spitzer detected buckyballs around a
fourth dying star in a nearby galaxy in staggering quantities -- the
equivalent in mass to about 15 of our moons.
( Read more... )
Buckyballs in Space
Oct. 27th, 2010 10:20 pmI was intrigued by this article about buckyballs.
Space Buckyballs Thrive, Finds NASA Spitzer Telescope
PASADENA, Calif. -- Astronomers have discovered bucket loads of buckyballs
in space. They used NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to find the little carbon
spheres throughout our Milky Way galaxy -- in the space between stars and
around three dying stars. What's more, Spitzer detected buckyballs around a
fourth dying star in a nearby galaxy in staggering quantities -- the
equivalent in mass to about 15 of our moons.
( Read more... )