Scientists have detected the largest molecules ever seen in space, in a
cloud of cosmic dust surrounding a distant star.
The football-shaped carbon molecules are known as buckyballs, and were
only discovered on Earth 25 years ago when they were made in a
laboratory.
These molecules are the "third type of carbon" -- with the first two
types
being graphite and diamond. The researchers report their findings in the
journal Science.
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