NASA has detected this unusual molecular phenomenon called a buckyball.  Many of us have seen the magnetic and metallic game sets with the similar name:

The Spitzer Space Telescope has located some elusive carbon molecules floating in space. Called “Buckyballs,” due to their resemblance to architect Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic domes, these three-dimensional, spherical structures are now the largest molecules known to exist in space, and until now, have escaped detection. Buckyballs hold unique properties in the physical and chemical processes of space.

Let’s check out what they saw in the video on page 2

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