HAS GRAPHENE BEEN DETECTED IN SPACE?
Artist’s impression of the graphenes (C24) and fullerenes found in a Planetary Nebula. The detection of graphenes and fullerenes around old stars as common as our Sun suggests that these molecules and other allotropic forms of carbon may be widespread in space.
Credit:IAC; original image of the Helix Nebula (NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner, STScI, & T.A. Rector, NRAO.)
About the Image
| Id: | noao1103a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | Aug. 10, 2011 |
| Related releases: | noao1103 |
| Size: | 1200 x 847 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Illustrations |
