The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a dozen types of complex organic molecules swimming closely around a protostar in the constellation Orion, suggesting that the chemicals can survive the violent processes that give birth to stars and remain in space, instead of waiting for a planet with the right conditions to form them. Two of the most notable organic molecules detected in the system — tentatively, the astronomers […]