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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Space. I'm Clara Moskowitz. Got a minute?
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2 .The ingredients for life on Earth may have gotten a start in space.
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3 .Many biologically important molecules have been seen in space or found in meteorites.
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4 .Now astronomers have discovered one of the largest and most complex organic molecules yet in a gaseous star-forming region of interstellar space.
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5 .Most organic molecules seen in interstellar space, thanks to their spectra, are just straight chains of carbon atoms.
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6 .The newfound molecule, isopropyl cyanide, on the other hand, has branching carbon chains.
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7 .Such branches are needed for many molecules crucial to life, such as the amino acids that build proteins.
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8 .Researchers found the isopropyl cyanide's chemical imprints in light from the Sagittarius B2 cloud about 27,000 light-years away.
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9 .To reach the sensitivity needed to spot the faraway molecule, scientists used the connected web of 66 radio telescopes that make up the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, also known as ALMA, in Chile.
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10 .They report their findings in the journal Science.
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11 .The discovery supports the idea that life's building blocks may have originated in interstellar space.
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12 .The molecules could have arisen during the process of early star formation, and been transferred to our planet later.
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13 .Of course, that still doesn't explain the origin of life, or why it ultimately came up with that wacky cousin you have to see at Thanksgiving.
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14 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Space. I'm Clara Moskowitz
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