Molecules discovered in the Horsehead Nebula hint that the region may function as a kind of gigantic natural petroleum refinery.
Observations made using the Institute for Millimetric Radio Astronomy's (IRAM) 30 metre telescope have detected the presence of hydrocarbon molecule C3H+ in the Horsehead Nebula which sits around 1,300-1,500 light years from Earth in the constellation of Orion.
By: Philippa Warr, Edited by: Liat Clark
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/26/interstellar-refinery
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