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SCIENCEJul 13 · 15:00 UTCWDIV CLICKONDETROITAdithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press

In a sweet discovery, astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars

Astronomers discovered erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners, in the interstellar medium using radio telescopes in Spain. The finding suggests sugars, crucial for life, may form in space and supports theories about life's building blocks originating in the galaxy.

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erythrulosetopicinterstellar mediumtopicradio telescopestopicUniversity of ArizonaorganizationCenter for AstrobiologyorganizationErika HamdenpersonIzaskun Jiménez-SerrapersonNASAorganizationOsiris-Rex spacecraftorganizationVoyagerorganizationDNAtopiclife's origintopic
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