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In particular, silicon monoxide proved useful in tracking energetic rippling shockwaves.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The team theorizes that shocks initially create these thin filaments in the process, releasing silicon monoxide and organic molecules like methanol, methyl cyanide, and cyanoacetylene into the interstellar medium.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The filaments were detected in the emission lines of both silicon monoxide (SiO)—which is particularly useful for detecting the presence of shock waves in the cloud—and eight other molecules.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Yang’s team hypothesizes that shock processes give rise to the filaments, because those forces release silicon monoxide (SiO), which is a useful molecule for detecting shock waves.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The team theorizes that shocks initially create these thin filaments in the process, releasing silicon monoxide and organic molecules like methanol, methyl cyanide, and cyanoacetylene into the interstellar medium.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The filaments were detected in the emission lines of both silicon monoxide (SiO)—which is particularly useful for detecting the presence of shock waves in the cloud—and eight other molecules.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Yang’s team hypothesizes that shock processes give rise to the filaments, because those forces release silicon monoxide (SiO), which is a useful molecule for detecting shock waves.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Monoxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoxide. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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monoxide
noun
mon·ox·ide
mə-ˈnäk-ˌsīd 
: an oxide containing only one oxygen atom in the molecule
Medical Definition
monoxide
noun
mon·ox·ide
mə-ˈnäk-ˌsīd
: an oxide containing one atom of oxygen per molecule see carbon monoxide
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