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Buckminsterfullerene sounds like the next UK Prime Minister but trust us, it's in fact the largest molecule yet found in interstellar space

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I'm amazed they found it at all.

The thing about carbon - its main distinguishing feature - is it's black. The thing about space, the colour of space, your basic space colour, is black.

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