Unique Carbon-Based Molecule Found in Deep Space May Indicate Origins of Life
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We talk with Dr. Rob Garrod from Cornell University. Dr. Garrod along with colleagues here in the U.S. and in Germany have discovered an unusual carbon-based molecule some 27,000 light years away. The researchers said that their discovery suggests that complex molecules, which are needed for life, may have originated way out in interstellar space.
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