Way out in deep space, astronomers spot precursor of carbon based life
Astronomers wielding the James Webb Space Telescope have detected methyl cations – important precursor molecules needed to create proteins and DNA and therefore fundamental to carbon-based life forms. The molecules were spotted 1,350 light years away in a protoplanetary disk known as d203-506,…
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