It's part of the Cat's Paw Nebula, also known as NGC 6334 ... This molecule also represents the largest and most complex "methoxy" molecule found in space to date, referring to a chemical with ...

previously undetected molecule in the Cat's Paw Nebula, a star-forming region about 5,500 light-years from Earth. At 13 atoms, the compound, called 2-methoxyethanol, is one of the largest ...

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