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FILE - This image made available by NASA on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 shows star 2MASS J17554042+6551277 used to align the mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Video. Sugar in space? Astronomers find sweet clue to life's origins

Updated: 14/07/2026 - 9:43 GMT+2

It turns out the universe has something of a sweet tooth. Astronomers have detected a new type of sugar floating in deep space that may hold clues to how life first emerged on Earth.

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