Buckyballs in Space (IMAGE)
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An artist's conception showing spherical carbon molecules known as buckyballs coming out from a planetary nebula -- material shed by a dying star. Researchers at the University of Arizona have now created these molecules under laboratory conditions thought to mimic those in their 'natural' habitat in space.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech
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