In the news...sugar molecule

"Molecule Spotted Near Sun-Like Star

"For the first time, astronomers have discovered sugar—one of the building blocks of life—in a gas cloud near a star. The simple molecule, calledglycolaldehyde, is essential to the formation ofribonucleic acid(RNA), which is present in all living cells. The 10,000-year-old star, known as IRAS 16293-2422, is similar to the Sun and is approximately 400 light-years from Earth. Scientists believe the glycolaldehyde may have been formed as a result of the star's radiation hitting even simpler molecules.More ... Discuss"  Source:  Left hand column for today.  Source:  In the News provided byThe Free Dictionary  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lookup.htm, accessed 30 Aug 2012


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Deuterated glycoaldehyde: laboratory measurements, analysis and proposed astrophysical research

Walters, A.; Bouchez, A.; Margules, L.; Motiyenko, R.; Guillemin, J. C.; Bottinelli, S.;Ceccarelli, C.; Kahane, C.

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Source:  http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011IAUS..280P.378W, accessed 14 Sept 2012.