Webb Detects Crucial Carbon Molecule in Protoplanetary Disk

The vital role of a carbon molecule called methyl cation (CH3+) in interstellar carbon chemistry was predicted in the 1970s, but the unique capabilities of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have finally made observing it possible.
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