Sugar Found in Space Clouds | Tech News

Scientists just made a cosmic breakthrough: they’ve spotted a sugar molecule, erythrulose, 26,000 light-years away in space — the first time ever detected in interstellar clouds. This four-carbon sugar, found via radio telescopes in a galactic chemical factory, could be key to understanding how life’s building blocks formed and arrived on Earth. While not essential for life itself, it can transform into vital molecules like those in DNA and RNA, supporting theories that meteorites delivered life’s ingredients from space. This discovery joins earlier findings of sugars on asteroids, reinforcing that the chemistry of life is widespread across the cosmos. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/73b1391eec1ed55d