Scientists Discover Two New Interstellar Molecules: Point to Probable Pathways for Chemical Evolution in Space

A team of scientists using the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has discovered two new molecules in an interstellar cloud near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. This discovery is the GBT's first detection of new molecules, and is already helping astronomers better understand the complex processes by which large molecules form in space.