How Scientists Found the First Type of Molecule in the Universe | SciShow News

Around a quarter of a million years after the Big Bang, the very first molecule, helium hydride was formed. Now scientists have confirmed that molecule is still being made, and they found it with some help from a high flying airplane.

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