Astrochemistry enters a bold new era with ALMA
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 11:32
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—Combining the cutting-edge capabilities of the ALMA telescope with newly-developed laboratory techniques, scientists are opening a completely new era for deciphering the chemistry of the Universe. A research team demonstrated their breakthrough using ALMA data from observations of the gas in a star-forming region in the constellation Orion.