First Identification of Calcium Sulfide in the Interstellar Medium

An international team of scientists led by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, has achieved the first identification of CaS in the interstellar medium. This finding expands the chemical inventory and paves the way for the search for other refractory compounds that may shed light on where and how sulfur is stored in the Universe.

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