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Sugar Molecules in Space

Updated 2026-07-13 15:10 UTC 1 source Neutral

Researchers have discovered sugar molecules for the first time in interstellar space, suggesting early life on Earth may have been aided by sugars brought here via asteroids.

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Researchers have long suspected early life may have been helped by sugars brought to Earth by asteroids – now a sugar found in raspberries has been spotted in a cosmic cloud nearly 27 light years away
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