Milky Way Harboring the Chemistry of Life

Article - Milky Way Harboring the Chemistry of Life

http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules...rder=0&thold=0

(Their) "Summary (Dec 27, 2005): NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has
discovered some of life's most basic ingredients in the dust swirling
around a young star. The ingredients - gaseous precursors to DNA and
protein - were detected in the star's terrestrial planet zone, a region
where rocky planets such as Earth are thought to be born..."

"Spectral data reveals the presence of organic compounds in the stellar
disk orbiting the protostar IRS 46. Astronomers were able to make the
first discovery of acetylene, hrodogen cyanide and carbon dioxide in a
stellar disk by breaking the starlight into its component wavelengths,
or colors."

Probing deeper :^) Jason H.