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Sweet Molecule Could Lead Us To Alien Life

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-catch-more-aliens-with-honey dept.

Matt_dk writes "Scientists have detected an organic sugar molecule that is directly linked to the origin of life in a region of our galaxy where habitable planets could exist. The international team of researchers used the IRAM radio telescope in France to detect the molecule in a massive star forming region of space, some 26,000 light years from Earth."

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  1. Re:Powerful telescope by gwait · · Score: 4, Informative

    By the light spectrum it emits.

    All molecules emit a very precise combination (or individual frequency) of light frequencies when enough energy is added to them.

    Think of different pure wavelengths of light as notes on a piano. Each unique atom and molecule produces it's own unique chord when energy is added.

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