Ingredient of life found around infant Sun-like stars
Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 07:02
in Astronomy & Space
ALMA has observed stars like the Sun at a very early stage in their formation and found traces of methyl isocyanate -- a chemical building block of life. This is the first ever detection of this prebiotic molecule towards solar-type protostars, the sort from which our Solar System evolved. The discovery could help astronomers understand how life arose on Earth.