Complex organic molecules form quickly in old stars
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N.B. The object in this image does not corresond to the spectra in the previous image.
This picture was taken with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera on June 28, 1999. Photo credit: Sun Kwok, Bruce Hrivnak, and Kate Su.
Last Update: 1 September 2019