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08-17-2016, 08:05 PM
Life's building blocks mapped in nebula 1,400 light-years from Earth
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A team of scientists have tracked the development of molecules k**wn as "life's building blocks" in a nebula far from Earth, adding to an ever-growing field of research that could one day help us figure out exactly how life formed in our solar system.*
Scientists peered deep into the Iris Nebula — located 1,400 light-years from our planet — using powerful observatories to figure out exactly how the molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are distributed in the dusty region.
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The medium-sized PAHs — which are "flat molecules consisting of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern, surrounded by hydrogen," according to NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/feature/kitchen-*****-molecules-in-nebula-offer-clues-to-the-building-blocks-of-life) — actually appear to grow larger when ultraviolet light from the large star at the nebula's center hits them.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/building-blocks-of-life-found-in-nebula/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A team of scientists have tracked the development of molecules k**wn as "life's building blocks" in a nebula far from Earth, adding to an ever-growing field of research that could one day help us figure out exactly how life formed in our solar system.*
Scientists peered deep into the Iris Nebula — located 1,400 light-years from our planet — using powerful observatories to figure out exactly how the molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), are distributed in the dusty region.
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The medium-sized PAHs — which are "flat molecules consisting of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb pattern, surrounded by hydrogen," according to NASA (http://www.nasa.gov/feature/kitchen-*****-molecules-in-nebula-offer-clues-to-the-building-blocks-of-life) — actually appear to grow larger when ultraviolet light from the large star at the nebula's center hits them.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/building-blocks-of-life-found-in-nebula/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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