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Stories about: Rho Ophiuchi

ESO Telescope Sees Hydrogen Peroxide in Space An international collaboration of astronomers using the Chile-based APEX telescope managed to find a concentration of hydrogen peroxide in space. The chemical was never seen in interstellar space before.With the new data, chemists and astrobiologists could deepen their understanding about how the two most important m... 7 July 2011 04:52 GMT Rho Ophiuchi, a Craddle for Young Stars Similarly to most gas clouds in the universe, Rho Oph is mainly composed of molecular hydrogen gas, in which new stars may form. Rho Ophiuchi is one of the closest star-forming nebula to our solar system, lying only 407 light years away, in a region of space located between the Scorpius and Ophiuchus constellations. ... 12 February 2008 05:06 GMT