astrochemistryn.
/ˌastrə(ʊ)ˈkɛmᵻstri/, U.S. /ˌæstroʊˈkɛməstri/ The branch of science that deals with the chemical composition, interaction, and evolution of substances present in extraterrestrial objects and in the intervening regions of space.
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1901 Pop. Astron. 9 93 The science of astrochemistry developed rapidly.
1920 Times 17 Aug. 11/1 The death is announced of Sir Norman Lockyer, a great astronomer, who made striking discoveries in solar physics and astro-chemistry.
1983 New Scientist 30 June 951/1 The discovery of interstellar molecules opened up a whole new field of science: astrochemistry.
2001 Kenyon Rev. & Stand Spring 40 Kroto is a chemist with a long-standing interest in ‘astrochemistry’, the esoteric field that emerged in the late 1960s to study interstellar molecules.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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