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First Sugar Ever Found in Interstellar Space Could Help Explain Life’s Origins

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  1. Researchers have directly identified erythrulose, the first sugar found in interstellar space.

  2. The molecule was detected in the Milky Way cloud G+0.693−0.027 by matching radio telescope data with laboratory spectra.

  3. The finding strengthens the case that prebiotic molecules may have formed before Earth existed.

  4. Scientists say such compounds could have formed in interstellar ice and later reached early Earth via meteorites or impacts.

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