• Interstellar formaldehyde (a topic relevant to astrochemistry) was first discovered in 1969 by L. Snyder et al. using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory...
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    regions of the galaxy. Because of the widespread interest in interstellar formaldehyde, it has been extensively studied, yielding new extragalactic sources...
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    first observed organic, polyatomic molecule in interstellar space The discovery of interstellar formaldehyde – and later, other molecules with potential...
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    In astronomy, the interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy. This matter includes...
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  • Zuckerman, and Patrick Palmer find interstellar formaldehyde 1970 — Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson find interstellar carbon monoxide 1970 — George Carruthers...
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    An Interstellar Cloud is generally an accumulation of gas, plasma, and dust in our and other galaxies. Put differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser-than-average...
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    Snyder, Lewis E.; et al. (1999), "Microwave Detection of Interstellar Formaldehyde", Physical Review Letters, 61 (2): 77–115, Bibcode:1969PhRvL....
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    further distinguished by its astronomical location: intergalactic dust, interstellar dust, interplanetary dust (as in the zodiacal cloud), and circumplanetary...
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    a nebula or galaxy. Interstellar space contains the interstellar medium, and the boundary between an astrosphere and interstellar space is known as an...
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    inversion line radiation in interstellar space. A year later, Lewis Snyder and his colleagues found interstellar formaldehyde. Also in the same year George...
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