Raspberry sugar discovered in the Milky Way for the first time

Scientists detected a sugar found in raspberries in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way.

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This discovery suggests complex organic molecules can form in interstellar space.

It strengthens the hypothesis of an extraterrestrial origin for life's essential elements.

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