In an astonishing first for astronomy, researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have detected complex organic molecules - often called the “seeds of life” - outside our galaxy.
Launched in 2021 through a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the JWST is the largest, most powerful and most sophisticated telescope ever sent into space.
The discovery was made in frozen ice surrounding a young star, named ST6, in a distant galaxy.
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