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2025-10-23 09:16:20

Scientists Discover Building Blocks of Life in Ice Around a Forming Star (ST6) in Neighboring Galaxy (Large Magellanic Cloud).
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Using JWST's MIRI, researchers detected complex organic molecules around a young star called ST6 in the LMC. The full galaxy is shown in the far-infrared image (upper right). The main image is a zoom-in on the star-forming region of the LMC. JWST's MIRI image at a wavelength of 19 microns depicts ST6 (bottom right). Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/JPL-Caltech/M. Sewiło et al. (2025)
A diagram depicting the COMs (complex organic molecules) detected on icy dust grains around ST6: acetaldehyde, acetic acid, ethanol and methyl formate. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
The infrared spectrum of the protostar ST6 taken by Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument covering a range of wavelengths where spectral signatures of large complex organic molecules have been found. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/M. Sewilo et al. (2025)