James Webb detected the ingredients for life inside a distant dust-shrouded galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope identified complex organic molecules, including the building blocks for life, within a galaxy located over 12 billion light-years away from Earth.
A powerful lens in space recently revealed complex organic molecules in a galaxy from the very early universe. Using infrared vision, the James Webb Space Telescope spotted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are soot-like particles that serve as fundamental building blocks for stars and planets.
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