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Fundamental sugars found in deep-space.

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ironyWrit

posted on Sep, 27 2004 @ 10:13 AM
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The Washington Post, in a Science/Tech A-section box, today, published an article about the discovery of glycolaldehyde in a very cold region of space near the center of the galaxy. Glycolaldehyde is a very simple sugar that precurses ribose (one of the key components of DNA and RNA).

The article is linked here.


chesse

posted on Sep, 27 2004 @ 06:36 PM
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I thought I heard that story years ago



 
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