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Building Blocks of Life May Be Far More Common in Space than We Thought, Study Claims
ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE, JUL 24 – Seventeen complex organic molecules detected in a planet-forming disk challenge prior beliefs about molecule destruction and suggest continuous formation during star development, researchers say.
- Using the ALMA telescope, researchers led by Abubakar Fadul detected 17 molecules, including ethylene glycol and glycolonitrile, in V883 Orionis.
- A stellar outburst in V883 Orionis heated the disk, releasing molecules and enabling detection, as researchers observed with ALMA.
- Data reveal molecular abundances align with comets, highlighting the chemical significance of glycolonitrile as a precursor to amino acids glycine and alanine, and adenine nucleobase.
- The finding overturns earlier views, while Kamber Schwarz, MPIA scientist, pointed out `Our results suggest that protoplanetary discs inherit complex molecules from earlier stages`.
- Beyond this finding, scientists see that our finding points to a straight line of chemical enrichment and increasing complexity between interstellar clouds and fully evolved planetary systems, with Fadul adding, "Our results suggest that protoplanetary discs inherit complex molecules from earlier stages.
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Scientists May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks In Planet-Forming Disk For First Time
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Astronomers Just Found Life’s Building Blocks in a Distant Star’s Baby Disk
Astronomers have detected a variety of complex organic molecules (COMs) in the protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, offering compelling new clues about the chemical roots of life. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team led by Abubakar Fadul of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) identified 17 complex compounds in the disk of V883 Orionis. Organic Complexity Preserved Through Stellar Evolution The…
Scientists detect life’s building blocks in young star’s planet-forming disk
In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have found complex organic molecules—key ingredients for life—around a young star known as V883 Orionis. Using the powerful ALMA telescope in Chile, researchers detected 17 complex molecules in the swirling disk of gas and dust that surrounds the star. These include ethylene glycol, commonly used in antifreeze, and glycolonitrile, a […] The post Scientists detect life’s building blocks in young star’s p…
Researchers have proven complex organic molecules in an early solar system. This hardens the picture that life's starting point is far from earth's formation.Anyone who is concerned with the chemistry of life, the amino acids and nucleic bases, with all the difficult and diverse molecules, which in turn form even more difficult and diverse complexes, can take on an astonishment and an incredulity as once dead matter is supposed to have composed …
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