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Published online 24 July 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070723-5
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Organic compound found in the stars
Life-building molecules might be spread throughout space.
Astronomers have found the largest negatively charged molecule so far seen in interstellar space. The discovery, of an organic compound, suggests that the chemical building blocks of life may be more common in the Universe than had been previously thought.
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