Discovery of an extragalactic hot molecular core
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 08:32
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have discovered a 'hot molecular core', a cocoon of molecules surrounding a newborn massive star, for the first time outside our Galaxy. The discovery, which marks the first important step for observational studies of extragalactic hot molecular cores and challenges the hidden chemical diversity of our universe, appears in a paper in the Astrophysical Journal Volume 827.