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

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