Mirror-Image Molecule Far, Far Away

Sagittarius B2 contains a chiral molecule.

By Nathaniel Scharping
Dec 15, 2016 6:00 AMNov 19, 2019 9:43 PM
Gas and dust cloud Sagittarius B2 - Saxton
The vast gas and dust cloud Sagittarius B2 — which sits near Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy — contains traces of propylene oxide. (Credit: B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF, data by N.E. Kassim/Naval Research Laboratory/Sloan Digital Sky Survey)

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