Dutch astronomers discover recipe to make cosmic glycerol
Friday, June 23, 2017 - 05:32
in Astronomy & Space
A team of laboratory astrophysicists from Leiden University (the Netherlands) managed to make glycerol under conditions comparable to those in dark interstellar clouds. They allowed carbon monoxide ice to react with hydrogen atoms at minus 250 degrees Celsius. The researchers published their findings in the Astrophysical Journal.