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[link] "A simple sugar that is an ingredient of life has been found for the first time in a relatively hospitable part of the galaxy.

As molecules go, glycolaldehyde is not an impressive one, but its link to the origins of life make it significant. "...............................................................................
Some scientists have suggested that Earth could have been "seeded" with complex molecules by passing comets. These carry material from the interstellar cloud that condensed to form the Solar System.

Glycolaldehyde is an 8-atom molecule composed of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. It can combine with other molecules to form the more complex sugars ribose and glucose. Ribose is a building block of nucleic acids such as RNA and DNA, which carry the genetic code of living organisms.

Glucose is the sugar found in fruits. Glycolaldehyde contains exactly the same atoms, though in a different molecular structure, as methyl formate and acetic acid, both of which have been detected previously in interstellar clouds.

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Apo 3dhack.. one fractal, no postwork

[link] "A simple sugar that is an ingredient of life has been found for the first time in a relatively hospitable part of the galaxy.

As molecules go, glycolaldehyde is not an impressive one, but its link to the origins of life make it significant. "...............................................................................
Some scientists have suggested that Earth could have been "seeded" with complex molecules by passing comets. These carry material from the interstellar cloud that condensed to form the Solar System.

Glycolaldehyde is an 8-atom molecule composed of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. It can combine with other molecules to form the more complex sugars ribose and glucose. Ribose is a building block of nucleic acids such as RNA and DNA, which carry the genetic code of living organisms.

Glucose is the sugar found in fruits. Glycolaldehyde contains exactly the same atoms, though in a different molecular structure, as methyl formate and acetic acid, both of which have been detected previously in interstellar clouds.