Observations of nearby red dwarf stars reveal rare carbon and oxygen isotopes, offering direct evidence of stellar nucleosynthesis and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way.

(CNN) — Astronomers have detected a crucial carbon molecule in space for the first time using the James Webb Space Telescope. The compound, called methyl cation, or CH3+, was traced back to a young ...

Deep in the dark spaces between stars, astronomers have spotted a sulfur-bearing ring that should not be there, at least not ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of international scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon compound in space for the first time. Known as methyl cation (pronounced cat-eye-on ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captures the bright Orion Nebula. Credit: ESA / Webb / NASA / CSA / M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) / PDRs4All ERS Team Astronomers have detected for the first time in space a ...

This month we feature chemicals that have important applications in industry and the lab.—Ed. Carbon monoxide (CO) is the simplest carbon oxide, an important industrial and laboratory chemical, and a ...

This new technology turns everyday carbon emissions into a useful chemical—right at the source, even from thin air.

Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is a long-known and thoroughly studied molecule. It has its upsides, such as its uses in carbonated beverages and urea manufacture, and its downsides, especially its dominant ...