Definition of astrochemistry in English:
astrochemistry
noun astrəʊˈkɛmɪstriˌastrōˈkeməstrē
mass nounThe study of molecules and ions occurring in stars and interstellar space.
Example sentencesExamples
- Within a century of Comte's death, thanks to the invention of the spectroscope, much of astronomy had become astrochemistry - a science he had roundly declared impossible.
- The identification of elements and compounds is critical to all areas to which chemistry is applied, from astrochemistry and biochemistry to geochemistry and industrial chemistry.
- The dynamic field of astrochemistry brings together ideas of physics, astrophysics, biology and chemistry to the study of molecules between stars, around stars and on planets.
- To further his research in astrochemistry, he accepted a position at NASA Ames Research Center in 1983.
- Astrochemistry is a broad and interdisciplinary emerging field at the intersection of the traditional disciplines of chemistry, physics, and astronomy.
Derivatives
adjective
Such quantities are needed in astrochemical models of protostellar regions and disks.
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- One of our major aims is to bring together the astrochemical and observational communities in order to pave the way for interpreting the wealth of currently available data with sufficiently detailed models.
- The astrochemical laboratory is the hyper-rarefied, mostly weightless, extreme-temperature environment people colloquially call outer space.
- A series of psychic manifestations is closely connected with atmospheric and astrochemical events.
- Hence, there are several interesting astrochemical questions that are of great interest to astrobiology.
noun
At such distances the salt should be so cold it should all have condensed into solid grains, which are undetectable to astrochemists.
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- That bias gave way several years ago, when astrochemists discovered molecules of ammonia and formaldehyde containing two deuterium atoms, adds Liz.
- An Austrian astrochemist Christian Koeberl had established that the glass had been formed at a temperature so hot that there could be only one known cause: a meteorite impacting with Earth.
- In just a few dozen years, astrochemists have gone from knowing nothing of molecules in space, to finding a plethora of them practically everywhere.
- She is an astrochemist who has studied the formation and destruction of dust and molecules in regions of our galaxy where stars are known to be forming.