Mysterious molecules in space: Silicon-capped hydrocarbons may be source of 'diffuse interstellar bands'
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 03:01
in Astronomy & Space
New research has offered a tantalizing new possibility in the realm of interstellar molecules and diffuse interstellar bands: these mysterious molecules may be silicon-capped hydrocarbons like SiC3H, SiC4H and SiC5H.