Astrochemistry

Porter County news briefs (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

25 Jul 2008

PORTAGE PORTAGE Commission approves engineer salary hike The Redevelopment Commission this week approved increasing the salary for the city engineer by a 3-1 vote. It was the third board to approve a pay hike for the position. Increases for the position had already been approved by the City Council and the Water Reclamation Board.

Mining For Molecules In The Milky Way (Science Daily)

3 Jul 2008

Scientists are prospecting in a rich molecular cloud in our Milky Way Galaxy. They seek to discover new, complex molecules in interstellar space that may be precursors to life. As molecules rotate and vibrate, they emit radio waves at specific frequencies. Each molecule has a unique pattern of such frequencies, called spectral lines, that constitutes a "fingerprint" identifying that molecule. ...