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Cyanocoronene: Astronomers Detect Seven-Ring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon in TMC-1

Astronomers using NSF’s Green Bank Telescope have detected cyanocoronene (C24H11CN) -- the largest PAH ever detected in space -- in the starless cloud core TMC-1, which is part of the interstellar Taurus Molecular Cloud.

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