Astrophysical: Molecular astrophysics

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    An amino acid essential for life is found in interstellar space

    The IAC researcher Susana Iglesias-Groth has discovered the existence of tryptophan, an amino acid essential for the formation of proteins and the develoment of...

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    Molecules precursors to life discovered in the Perseus Cloud

    A study led by the researcher Susana Iglesias of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has detected the presence of large quantities of complex organic...

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    The mystery of the fullerenes in space explained

    A pioneering study from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) which combines laboratory chemistry with astrophysics, has shown for the first time that...