Astrochemistry: chemistry of space
What should be up there? Surely we have all done this question any summer night watching the sky full of stars. For many years it was thought that darkness reigned in interstellar space, as if there is nothing.
But from the 50's and 60 (with the advent of radio astronomy), was detected that the stars, galaxies, nebulae and some strange satellite forgotten they were not alone: sharing space with a large number of molecules. Hydrogen was the first to show signs of their presence, and until today have been detected ... How many you think?