NASA’s Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space

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NASA’s Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space

22 February 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.

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