02-25-2012, 12:04 AM
NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-047
Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time,
discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space. Prior to this discovery, the microscopic
carbon spheres had been found only in gas form in the cosmos. Formally named buck-
ministerfullerene, buckyballs are named after their resemblance to the late architect
Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-047
Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time,
discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space. Prior to this discovery, the microscopic
carbon spheres had been found only in gas form in the cosmos. Formally named buck-
ministerfullerene, buckyballs are named after their resemblance to the late architect
Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes.