An organic molecule closely related to an amino acid, an "amino acetonitrile", was found by a radio telescope in Spain. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Spain discovered a very hot and dense gas cloud, called "The Large Molecule Heimat", near the galactic center in the constellation Sagittarius. Since 1964, over 140 molecular species have been found in space but much attention has been given to searching for "bio-molecules", especially interstellar amino acids. Check it out:
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=6760
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