All Astrochemistry articles
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Feature'Astronauts wanted, no experience required'
Helen Sharman talks science, space travel and advice for budding astronauts
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News
Water found in asteroid dust
Water detected in samples from an asteroid’s surface for the first time
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Feature
To boldly go where no analytical instrument has gone before
Nina Notman meets the chemist behind the mass spectrometer onboard the Philae lander
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Opinion
The education of Harry Kroto
Kristy Turner reflects on Sir Harry Kroto's relationship with education
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Resource
AfL: What molecules are found in outer space? Could there be life out there?
Assessment for Learning is an effective way of actively involving students in their learning. Each session plan comes with suggestions about how to organise activities and worksheets that may be used with students.
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Soundbite
Pluto goes under the spectroscope
Nina Notman probes the mission that is boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before
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News
Confirmation of buckyballs in the Milky Way
Gas-phase spectra clears up decades old mystery of unidentified absorption bands in our galaxy
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Feature
Identifying extraterrestrial materials
Meteorites can be bought cheaply online and offer an excellent laboratory teaching tool, explain Luis Lahuerta Zamora, Salvador Lahuerta Zamora and Ana Mellado Romero
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Soundbite
A comet starts to tell its watery tale
Nina Notman probes what measurements taken onboard the Rosetta spacecraft mean for our understanding of the origin of water on Earth
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Resource
On This Day – Jul 08 : Jason Cardelli detection
Interstellar space refers to the areas between star systems within a galaxy. It varies hugely in composition, and contains atomic, molecular and ionic particles as well as cosmic radiation. Cardelli used spectroscopy and the scattered-light characteristics to identify the elements within.
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Feature
Chemical Bonding
A masterclass in teaching the topic of bonding, basing chemical explanation on physical forces
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