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Researchers detected for the first time in space the carbon molecule methyl cation (CH3+) in the protoplanetary disk of the young star system d203-506: ~1,350 light-years away in the Orion Nebula

For the first time ever in space, scientists discovered a novel carbon molecule known as methyl cation (CH3+). This molecule is significant because it promotes the synthesis of more complex carbon-based compounds.

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