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Cosmic Chemistry Breakthrough: Largest Aromatic Molecule Found in Deep Space Discovery of seven-ring cyanocoronene in a star-forming cloud challenges assumptions about the abundance and formation of complex organic molecules in the universe A team of chemists and astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of astrochemistry: the identification of cyanocoronene, the largest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) ever detected in space. This molecule, composed […] Source https://greenbankobservatory.org/front-page-news/cosmic-chemistry-breakthrough-largest-aromatic-molecule-found-in-deep-space/