Tag: organic molecules

Organic molecules formed in interstellar grains. The study: “Synthesis of complex organic molecules in soft x-ray irradiated ices” of A. Ciaravella (INAF-OAPA) recently appeared on ApJ

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In the last years, several organic molecules, some of which of prebiotic interest, have been observed in different astronomical environments. For instance, Acetonitrile CH3CN was detected in the molecular cloud Sag B2 and in the protostar MWC480; formamide (a building block for sugars and amino-acids) was detected in some outer galaxies and in the protostar SVS13-A (in this case together

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Radiation and abundances of organic compounds in planets-forming disks. The study: “X-Ray Photo-desorption of H2O:CO:NH3 Circumstellar Ice Analogs: Gas-phase Enrichment” of A. Jiménez-Escobar (Inaf-OAPA) published in ApJ

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From the large number of exoplanets discovered by missions such as Kepler and CoRoT, it is clear that the presence of planets is a common feature in stars of our Galaxy. In particular, it has been estimated that on average each low mass star has one planet. Planets formation is thus an ubiquitous phenomenon across the Milky Way. It is

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