Life-forming chemicals in distant galaxy


	Life-forming chemicals in distant galaxy

pokkets

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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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2ca3fd9f-3717-4f72-a12b-ef7f537fb422/273C9563-0077-482B-9615-3C09927718AB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/01/18/2141578.htm?site=science&topic=space" href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/01/18/2141578.htm?site=science&topic=space" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abc.net.au</a></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"> 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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