Astronomers from Western University have confirmed the presence of ‘buckyballs’, spherical carbon molecules, in a planetary nebula called Tc 1. The discovery was made with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, which provided detailed data on the formation of these cosmic structures. Identification of ‘buckyballs’ in space The ‘buckyballs’, composed of 60 carbon atoms, were initially observed in 2010 by a team led by Professor Jan Cami. The…
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Astronomers from Western University have confirmed the presence of ‘buckyballs’, spherical carbon molecules, in a planetary nebula called Tc 1. The discovery was made with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, which provided detailed data on the formation of these cosmic structures. Identification of ‘buckyballs’ in space The ‘buckyballs’, composed of 60 carbon atoms, were initially observed in 2010 by a team led by Professor Jan Cami. The…