Freon-40 (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

Freon-40

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The presence of the organohalogen chloromethane (black, carbon; white, hydrogen; green, chlorine) has been detected in the gas around protostar IRAS 16293-2422 (top image) and comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (bottom image).

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team (top image); European Space Agency/Rosetta/Navcam/Science Photo Library (bottom image)

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