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Astrochemistry can show where the chemicals inhuman body start.
Astrochemistry is the study of howatoms react with each other outside our planet. They make themolecules in planets, stars, and other stellar things.[1]
It is a combination ofastronomy,astrophysics, andchemistry. Astrochemistry is sometimes combined withnuclear physics when dealing with the nuclear reactions that happen withinstars. Astrochemistry is different fromcosmochemistry as astrochemistry talks about things outside ourSolar System, while cosmochemistry talks about things within the Solar system.[2]
Infographic showing the diversity of chemicals in outer space.
In August 2012, astronomers atCopenhagen University discoveredsugar molecules in the gas surrounding a star about 400light-years away. Although this does not prove that there is other life in space, it does show there could be.[4]
