Researchers Study Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life

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The Cosmic Chemistry Cycle CREDIT: Bill Saxton NRAOAUINSF
The Cosmic Chemistry Cycle, CREDIT: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF

In just two years of work, an international research team has discovered eight new complex, biologically-significant molecules in interstellar space using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia.


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