Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery in a distant stellar nursery, uncovering a massive carbon molecule that could reveal secrets about our own solar system’s formation.

The discovery hints that the carbon-rich ingredients that make up life might have traveled vast distances through space, settling in places like Earth billions of years ago.

Guest: Dr. Ilsa Cooke, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia

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