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