@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-02-03 23:40:54
Carbonaceous Cosmic Dust Analogs Distinguish between Ion Bombardment and Temperature: #CosmicDust in her lab. What she found could help us understand how life started on Earth: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2026/02/02/cosmic-dust-carbonaceous-analogue-infrared.html - study reverse-engineers stellar chemical cocktail of fundamental molecules using infrared 'fingerprints'.