Scientists Discover Life's Building Blocks in Young Star's Disk, Suggesting Cosmic Origins of Life
TL;DR
Astronomers using ALMA discovered complex organic molecules, including tentative detections of ethylene glycol and glycolonitrile, in the disk of young star V883 Orionis, suggesting that the building blocks of life are inherited from earlier cosmic stages and are widespread in space.
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