Astronomers find a four-carbon sugar in deep space
Phys.org / Space
Scientific Signal
The space between stars may seem like a barren desert, but over the past few decades scientists have been finding all sorts of interesting chemicals in it. From the precursors to proteins to the building blocks of cell m…
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