Buckyballs in Space (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Buckyballs in Space (2 of 2)

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This is an infrared spectrograph (IRS) on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. Spectral features of C60 are indicated in red, those of C70 in blue. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 22, 2010, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. J. Cami at University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues is titled, "Detection of C60 and C70 in a Young Planetary Nebula."

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Image copyright NASA/JPL Caltech/J. Cami (University of Western Ontario / SETI Institute)

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