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Life-forming chemicals in distant galaxy
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1-17-2008 10:52 PM
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The galaxy is promising, but violent. Life may be possible there, but it may not get the chance to last long
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/01/18/2141578.htm?site=science&topic=space"> Irene Klotz</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/01/18/2141578.htm?site=science&topic=space"><P class="first">Radio astronomers say they have found evidence of large quantities of the chemical building blocks for life in a galaxy about 250 million light-years from Earth.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/01/18/2141578.htm?site=science&topic=space"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/1BF25A12-21C5-4720-A5E6-A97EA81C7D2E" alt="Milky Way" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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