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How laboratory astrophysics can help us understanding the formation of stardust. The case of silicon carbide.

Silicon carbide is a major component of stellar dust. Experimental simulations using the Stardust machine (ICCM-Madrid) have shown that silicon carbide nanograins can form from carbon and silicon atoms, and […]

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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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Large interstellar polycyclic aromatic molecules discovered in asteroid Ryugu

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play an important role in the physics and chemistry of star- and planet-forming regions. Several formation sites have been proposed for these PAHs: in the envelopes […]

Research teams

Interstellar Medium, Cycle of Matter, Astro-Chemistry (MICMAC)

PS2E

Physics of the Sun, Stars and Exoplanets (PS2E)

Projects

NectarCam / CTA

Platforms

NANOGRAINS Platform