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   Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Jun-2025 04:49:14 JST Corey S Powell

   Interstellar clouds are brewing rich organic chemistry. Astronomers just detected a complex molecule called cyanocoronene (C₂₄H₁₁CN) floating between the stars in Taurus.

   We don't know if life is common in the universe. But prebiotic chemistry sure is.

   https://public.nrao.edu/news/cosmic-chemistry-breakthrough-largest-aromatic-molecule-found-in-deep-space/ #science #space #technology

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     Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Jun-2025 04:49:13 JST Corey S Powell

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     This discovery comes from the NSF's Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. Its funding is set to be gutted, effectively scrapping the telescope, in the 2026 budget.

     Jobs lost. Science lost. All to save a whopping...$7 million.

     https://greenbankobservatory.org/about/telescopes/gbt/ #science #trump #tech

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     Corey S Powell (coreyspowell@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 23-Jun-2025 09:26:26 JST Corey S Powell

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     For reference: The amount of money in the planned tax cuts would fully fund Green Bank for the next 500,000 years (yes, really). Money is not the real point.