How a sugar acid crucial for life could have formed in interstellar clouds
Glyceric acid has been found in meteorites. New lab experiments hint at its origin in space
![A Hubble Space Telescope picture captures the spectacular view of a star-forming region, the Orion Nebula.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/032624_sb_space-sugar_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Simple sugar acids crucial for cell metabolism could form in star-forming regions like the Orion Nebula (pictured), lab experiments suggest. Advanced telescopes could be used to search for these biomolecules.
NASA, ESA, Massimo Robberto/STScI and ESA, Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team