Stars manufacturing complex organic matter?
by Kate Melville

... An analysis of the spectral emissions from distant stars suggests that compounds of unexpected complexity - some resembling coal and petroleum - exist throughout the universe and are being made by stars. The proponents of this controversial idea, Professors Sun Kwok and Yong Zhang of the University of Hong Kong, argue their case in the current issue of the journal Nature...


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