ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space
Organohalogen methyl chloride (Freon-40) discovered by ALMA around the infant stars in IRAS 16293-2422. These same organic compounds were discovered in the thin atmosphere surrounding Comet 67P/C-G by the ROSINA instrument on ESA's Rosetta space probe.
Credit:B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
About the Image
| Id: | eso1732a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 2 October 2017, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1732 |
| Size: | 2400 x 2400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 16293-2422 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star |
| Category: | Illustrations |
