JWST and Astronomers Uncover Building Blocks of Life in Distant Galaxies
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected complex organic molecules, including some found on Earth, frozen in ice around a young star in the neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the first such discovery outside the Milky Way and providing new insights into the potential for life beyond our galaxy.
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