Discovery of the First Molecular Ion in the Universe
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-9-2019
Publication Title
Nature Astronomy
Volume
3
First page number:
382
Last page number:
383
Abstract
After 30 years of searching, the helium hydride ion, the first chemical bond that was formed in the Universe, has finally been detected outside the laboratory, in the interstellar medium. It was seen in planetary nebula NGC 7027 using the GREAT spectrometer aboard the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy
Language
English
Repository Citation
Lepp, S.
(2019).
Discovery of the First Molecular Ion in the Universe.
Nature Astronomy, 3
382-383.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0770-7