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Building a Buckyball Particle in Space Artist Concept
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Building a Buckyball Particle in Space Artist Concept

NASA / JPL · 2012-02-22 · photograph (digital archive)

From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the solid form of buckyballs in space for the first time. To form a solid particle, the buckyballs must stack together, as illustrated in this artist concept showing the very beginnings of the process.

NASA Image and Video Library’s own description
Credit lineBuilding a Buckyball Particle in Space Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2012-02-22. Public domain. ID: PIA15266.

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