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2008 News
November 25, 2008
First detection of glycolaldehyde outside the Galactic Center
First detection of glycolaldehyde outside the Galactic Center
Glycolaldehyde is the simplest of the monosaccharide sugars and is directly linked to the origin of life. We report on the detection of glycolaldehyde (CH2OHCHO) towards the hot molecular core G31.41+0.31 through IRAM PdBI observations at 1.4, 2.1, and 2.
