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 NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space |
Thursday, 23 February 2012
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2012
Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space. Prior to this discovery, the microscopic carbon spheres had been found only in gas form in the cosmos. Formally named buckministerfullerene, buckyballs are named after their resemblance to the late architect Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes. They are made
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