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Astrochemistry

Analysis of Astronomical Spectra
Analysis software from CCP7, a United Kingdom association studying stellar atmospheres and interstellar space.

Astrochemistry Branch
Identifying chemicals in asteroids, comets, and planetary atmospheres. From Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA.

Astrochemistry: Carbon in the Universe
ScienceWeek Focus Report on optically active compounds in space.

Astrochemistry Laboratory
Analysis of extraterrestrial materials. From the Space Sciences Division, Ames Research Center, NASA.

Blue Dot Workshop
Feasibility of spectroscopic searches for biological compounds on extrasolar planets.

Carbon in the Universe
Interstellar abundance of this element. From Th. Henning and F. Salama, Science magazine.

Center for Cosmic Chemistry & Physics
Investigations into chemical processes occurring in space. From University College London.

Cosmic Ancestry
Evolution and origin of life on Earth beginning with space-borne particles. From Brig Klyce.

Diffuse Interstellar Bands
Indications of the existence of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in space. From Theodore P. Snow, University of Colorado.

Dusty Plasma Laboratory
Space dust immersed in plasmas of charged and uncharged particles. From Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA.

Ex Astra: Life from the Stars
Chemical requirements for life on planets. From Michael Meyer, NASA.

Galactic Clouds and Astrochemistry Group
Investigations into chemistry of the birth and death of stars. From the Atacama Large Millimeter Array consortium.

Importance of Grains in Interstellar Chemistry
Binding of elements by interstellar dust. From Charles Danforth, Johns Hopkins University.

Interstellar and Circumstellar Molecules
One hundred and eighteen compounds discovered in interstellar clouds and in comets. From Al Wootten, National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Interstellar Molecular Microwave Transitions
Transition frequencies for interstellar molecular species. From Frank J. Lovas, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Life's Far-Flung Raw Materials
Scientific American article describing synthesis of organic compounds in space.

Making the Smallest Molecule on Star Dust
Formation of molecular hydrogen in space. From Gianfranco Vidali, Syracuse University.

Nitrogen Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium
Identification of novel chemical compounds in star-forming regions. From Douglas McGonagle, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Proving Origin of Martian Meteorites
From your About.com Guide. Meteorite analysis and a look at martian meteorite ALH84001.

Raw Materials
Organic compounds in space. From Alan Hall, Scientific American.

Science with the LSA/MMA
Information on stellar origins using millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelength astronomy. From the Large Southern Array and the Millimeter Array group.

Spectroscopy of Interstellar PAHs
Evidence for complex carbon molecules in space. From Farid Salama, NASA.

Stardust
Continuing updates from NASA's mission to capture interstellar dust and comet samples.

Structure of Giant Molecular Cloud Cores
Processes occurring during star formation. From Edwin A. Bergin, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 1995
Rate coefficients of gas phase reactions of molecules found in interstellar regions. From Tom Millar, University of Science and Technology in Manchester.

What is Astrochemistry?
Synthesis of simple molecules and more complex biochemicals in space. From National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois.