How molecule H2 made the universe
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In a new study, researchers used ultrafast lasers to explore the chemistry of H3+ molecule. They observed how roaming H2 molecules evolve to H3+.
H3+ is prevalent in the universe, the Milky Way, gas giants and the Earth’s ionosphere.
The team first documented this process using methanol and they expand and duplicate this process in a number of molecules and identified a number of new pathways.
The study was done by researchers from Michigan State University.
Previously, astrochemists had...