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Re:RNA compound and vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Ea... by mr_mitm on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @10:59AM (#35262075)
It's like astronomer talking about metals. By which they mean everything that's not hydrogen or helium.
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Re:RNA compound and vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Ea... by kortex on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @12:36PM (#35263613)
To their credit, I remember something about basically every element ionizes to some extent in space, thus exhibiting the "sea of electrons" behavior characteristic of metals.
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Re:RNA compound and vitamin B3 found in samples from near-Ea... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @01:10PM (#35264068)
> like astronomer talking about metals

This is particular to stellar astrophysics. Astronomers studying asteroids maintain the conventional definition.

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