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Grains from asteroid Bennu analyzed at the University of Toulouse

At IRAP (CNRS, CNES, University of Toulouse), the AROMA molecular analyzer, a highly sensitive mass spectrometer employing a two-step laser desorption/laser ionization technique, enables the study of exceptional samples: grains […]

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Detection of cosmic fullerenes in the Almahata Sitta meteorite

In the framework of an international collaboration (1), a team from Toulouse (IRAP, UT3-CNRS-CNES) has just published the first unambiguous detection, in a meteorite, of buckminsterfullerene (C60) and other fullerenes […]

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Impact of metals in the chemistry of (stellar) dust

Understanding the formation of stardust in the laboratory is one of the objectives of the ERC Synergy Nanocosmos project (1). The Toulouse team involved in this project has published a […]

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