In the first of two essays that offer a chemistry-themed guided tour around the Solar System, Bruce Gibb looks at what sort of organic molecules are out there and just where you can find them.
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Gibb, B. A chemist's guide to the Solar System. Nature Chem 7, 91–92 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2170
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