Astronomers Discover Traces of Methyl Chloride Around Infant Stars and Nearby Comet
National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryAstronomers using ALMA have detected the faint molecular fingerprint of methyl chloride around an infant star system. Traces of this organic compound were also discovered in the thin atmosphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G) by the Rosetta space probe.