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IR Telescope Images Buckyballs in Space

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 , 2010 — Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an enormous amount of buckyballs in space. They used the infrared observatory to find the little carbon spheres throughout the Milky Way galaxy — in the space between stars and around three dying stars. What's more, Spitzer detected buckyballs around a fourth dying star in a nearby galaxy in staggering quantities — the equivalent in mass to about 15 of our moons. Buckyballs, also known as fullerenes, are soccer-ball-shaped molecules consisting of 60 linked carbon atoms. They are named for their...Read full article

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    Published: October 2010
    Glossary
    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    fullerenes
    Molecules composed entirely of carbon, in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid or tube. Also called buckyballs. Cylindrical fullerenes are called carbon nanotubes or buckytubes.
    infrared telescope
    A telescope that transmits, enlarges and converts infrared images.
    AmericasAnibal García-HernándezastronomyBasic ScienceBuckminster Fullerbuckyballscarbon atomscarbon spheresenergyfullerenesgeodesic domesImaginginfrared telescopeKris SellgrenLetizia StanghelliniMilky Way GalaxyNASANational Optical Astronomy ObservatoryOhio State Universityplanetary nebulaeResearch & TechnologySpitzer Space TelescopeWashington DC

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