Comments on: Oxygen Molecules in Space https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/ Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: katrina kaif https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506755 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:41:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506755 Hi, Nice to see a pretty professionally done blog on the this rich subject.

]]> By: Volucre https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506754 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:21:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506754 The Guardian attacks your fleet at the Orion system!

]]> By: Rick Pikul https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506753 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:50:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506753 Yes, you are thinking of monoatomic oxygen:

“Individual atoms of oxygen are common in space, particularly around massive stars.”

]]> By: StevoR https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506752 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:58:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/08/01/oxygen-molecules-in-space/#comment-506752 Hmm.. I’m surprised its taken this long and thought we’d already found Oxygen in space long before!

.. provided the first confirmed finding of oxygen molecules in space.

Pretty sure oxygen is readily detected in stellar spectra, has been found around Europa or Enceladus (or both?) and in planetary nebulae to name a few places. Am I just thinking of different forms of non-molecular oxygen there maybe?

Still interesting and good news all the same.

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