[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Black Hole [@konstructivizm](/creator/twitter/konstructivizm) on x 754K followers Created: 2025-07-15 18:58:00 UTC Clues to Life Found in a Young Planetary System Astronomers have discovered methanol—a simple alcohol and vital ingredient for life—in the planet-forming disk around HD 100453, a young star just XXX light-years away. Even more remarkable, they detected rare isotopes of methanol for the first time in such an environment. Methanol is a basic building block for complex organic molecules like amino acids. The chemical fingerprint found in this disk mirrors what we see in comets from our own solar system—hinting that the same chemistry that once seeded life on Earth could be happening elsewhere. The discovery, made with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, shows that ices rich in organic molecules can survive the chaos of planet formation. This adds weight to the theory that comets may have delivered life’s raw materials to Earth, and possibly to other worlds across the galaxy. It’s a small molecule with a big implication: the recipe for life might be more common than we thought. Image Credit: CfA/M. Weiss  XXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/konstructivizm/status/1945196164820951251)
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Created: 2025-07-15 18:58:00 UTC
Clues to Life Found in a Young Planetary System
Astronomers have discovered methanol—a simple alcohol and vital ingredient for life—in the planet-forming disk around HD 100453, a young star just XXX light-years away. Even more remarkable, they detected rare isotopes of methanol for the first time in such an environment.
Methanol is a basic building block for complex organic molecules like amino acids. The chemical fingerprint found in this disk mirrors what we see in comets from our own solar system—hinting that the same chemistry that once seeded life on Earth could be happening elsewhere.
The discovery, made with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, shows that ices rich in organic molecules can survive the chaos of planet formation. This adds weight to the theory that comets may have delivered life’s raw materials to Earth, and possibly to other worlds across the galaxy.
It’s a small molecule with a big implication: the recipe for life might be more common than we thought.
Image Credit: CfA/M. Weiss
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