Comet Detect (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Comet Detect

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Approximate location of comet 67P/C-G when the Rosetta space probe discovered traces of methyl chloride -- the same molecule detected by ALMA around the IRAS 16293-2422 star-forming region -- along with other molecules.

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B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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