Elusive molecule, first in Universe, detected in space

In this planetary nebula, SOFIA detected helium hydride, a combination of helium (red) and hydrogen (blue), which was the first type of molecule to ever form in the early universe. But within 100,000 years of the Big Bang, the very first molecule emerged, an improbable marriage of helium and hydrogen known as a helium hydride ion, or HeH+. VIDEO

Scientists on the airborne observatory SOFIA detected the first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe.

Source: phys.org