NASA Telescope Finds Elusive Buckyballs In Space For First Time

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered carbon molecules, known as "buckyballs," in space for the first time. Buckyballs are soccer-ball-shaped molecules that were first observed in a laboratory 25 years ago.

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/jul/HQ_10-174_Buckyballs.html

Time: 22. Jul. 2010

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