Astronomers Detect Seven-Ring Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon in TMC-1

Astronomers have detected cyanocoronene (C24H11CN) - the largest PAH ever detected in space - in the starless cloud core TMC-1, which is part of the interstellar Taurus Molecular Cloud.

Complex molecules never before seen in space

Scientists have discovered a vast, previously unknown reservoir of new aromatic material in a cold, dark molecular cloud. Aromatic molecules exist in the chemical makeup of human beings and other animals.