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NASA Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space (news article)

NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space

Space Daily
Thursday, 23 February 2012

NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in SpacePasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2012

Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space. Prior to this discovery, the microscopic carbon spheres had been found only in gas form in the cosmos. Formally named buckministerfullerene, buckyballs are named after their resemblance to the late architect Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes. They are made
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