OD and SH - two new molecules in space
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) -- The discovery of two new molecules and a detailed analysis of various phases of star formation this is what the observatory SOFIA can report after completing its first series of science flights. The scientific results are now being published in a special issue of the European Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. The GREAT instrument has been developed by a consortium of German research institutes led by Rolf Güsten from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.
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