ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space (IMAGE)

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ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space

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Organohalogen methyl chloride (Freon-40) discovered by ALMA around the infant stars in IRAS 16293-2422. These same organic compounds were discovered in the thin atmosphere surrounding Comet 67P/C-G by the ROSINA instrument on ESA's Rosetta space probe.

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B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

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