In terms of life's greatest mysteries, there is none more sought-after and elusive as the question of how life emerged. Now, research led by Queen Mary University of London may have found a key piece of a potential future answer.
Researchers have discovered an entirely new organic molecule called glycolonitrile (HOCH2CN) that existed before the emergence of life. The pre-biotic molecule was detected in the material from which a star forms.
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