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life's origin
Coverage of life's origin in the Nexus archive.
- In a sweet discovery, astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars
Astronomers discovered erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners, in the interstellar medium using radio telescopes in Spain. The finding suggests sugars, crucial for life, may form in space and supports theories about life's building blocks originating in the galaxy.