The Globe Digest #39: Scientists discover molecules that store much of the carbon in space

<p>The discovery of pyrene derivatives in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed.</p>

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<p>A team led by researchers at MIT has discovered that a distant interstellar cloud contains an abundance of pyrene, a type of large, carbon-containing molecule known as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH).</p>

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