Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around Star

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This artist's concept illustrates a solar system that is a much younger version of our own.
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.


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