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Very Complex Interstellar Pre-Biotic Molecules Discovered

Posted June 23, 2010 8:13 AM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

A new and complex molecule has been discovered mingling in the interstellar gas in our galaxy. Give them a bit of time and energy, these molecules could form amino acids, the precursor to life.

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Re: Very Complex Interstellar Pre-Biotic Molecules Discovered

06/23/2010 9:45 PM

This is irritating. Neither is anthracene:

"very complex" or "pre-biotic". Amino acids contain nitrogen and oxygen:

Anthracene has neither.

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