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A complex organic solid produced from cosmically abundant molecules helps to explain many properties of the interstellar grains and gas.
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Sagan, C., Khare, B. Tholins: organic chemistry of interstellar grains and gas. Nature 277, 102–107 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277102a0
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