Gas-phase spectra clears up decades old mystery of unidentified absorption bands in our galaxy
The presence of buckyballs in the Milky Way has been confirmed by scientists who matched the absorption spectra of C60+ ions to two previously unidentified absorption features in spectra of the interstellar medium that were identified over 20 years ago.
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