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The images and data captured the hot region around the protostar where Earth-like planets form, and show gaseous silicon monoxide condensing into solid silicate minerals—the same materials that make up the vast majority of Earth’s crust.
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Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
These old meteorites are full of crystalline minerals that contain silicon monoxide.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
And perhaps most importantly, JWST allowed researchers to detect new molecules in the planet that haven’t been detected before, like methane, carbon monoxide, and silicon monoxide.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2025
These include water vapor, carbon monoxide, methane and, for the first time ever in a planetary atmosphere, silicon monoxide.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 June 2025
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Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
These old meteorites are full of crystalline minerals that contain silicon monoxide.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2025
And perhaps most importantly, JWST allowed researchers to detect new molecules in the planet that haven’t been detected before, like methane, carbon monoxide, and silicon monoxide.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2025
These include water vapor, carbon monoxide, methane and, for the first time ever in a planetary atmosphere, silicon monoxide.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 4 June 2025
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“Monoxide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoxide. Accessed 25 Jul. 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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