Home of the big molecules

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The home of large molecules (English Large Molecule Heimat ) is a dense gas cloud in the molecular cloud Sagittarius B2 . Many organic molecules, especially alcohols such as methanol , ethanol , but also aminoacetonitrile , butyronitrile and ethyl formate could be detected in the gas cloud .

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  1. ↑ A relative of an amino acid discovered in space: Max Planck scientists find aminoacetonitrile near the galactic center.
  2. RAS PN09 / 25 (NAM12): Two highly complex organic molecules detected in space.