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Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space

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By Izaskun Jiménez-Serra, Herma M. Cuppen, Miguel Sanz-Novo, Víctor M. Rivilla, Jesús Martín-Pintado, Andrés Megías, Carlos Briones, David San Andrés, Laura Colzi, Shaoshan Zeng, Sergio Martin, Sergio Martín, Joseph Salaris, Antonio Martínez-Henares, Álvaro López-Gallifa, Belen Tercero, Pablo de Vicente, Aran Insausti, Elena Alonso, Emilio J. Cocinero, Juan García de la Concepción, Marta Rey-Montejo, Miguel Angel Requena-Torres
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Abstract Sugars are essential biomolecules, serving as metabolic fuels, nucleic acid backbone components and structural or energy-storage polymers. A central question in origin-of-life research is how monosaccharides formed on the primitive Earth, as laboratory experiments under prebiotic conditions yield insufficient concentrations.
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An Ice Age JWST inventory of dense molecular cloud ices - Nature Astronomy

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By N. Crouzet, W. A. Brown, P. Caselli, H. Fraser, M. Jin, L. E. Kristensen, Brett A. McGuire, Karin Öberg, M. Palumbo, M. K. McClure, E. Dartois, J. A. Noble, Y. J. Pendleton, G. Perotti, D. Qasim, M. G. Rachid, Herma M. Cuppen, M. N. Drozdovskaya, J. Erkal, D. Harsono, S. Ioppolo, I. Jiménez-Serra, D. C. Lis, J. A. Sturm
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Abstract Icy grain mantles are the main reservoir of the volatile elements that link chemical processes in dark, interstellar clouds with the formation of planets and the composition of their atmospheres. The initial ice composition is set in the cold, dense parts of molecular clouds, before the onset of star formation. With the exquisite sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope, this critical stage of ice evolution is now accessible for detailed study.
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