Chloromethane Seen Around Stars And A Comet
Chloromethane ( CH3Cl ) is a common product of industrial processes that is also relinquish by phytoplankton and some plants . However , this does n’t excuse its presence in space . The breakthrough of its ghostlike fingerprint around the newly formed champion IRAS 16293 - 2422 , and in the air of comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko , indicates that chloromethane can be made without biology . This is exciting news for astrochemists , who have never seen a member of chloromethane ’s class of corpuscle in such environment before ....