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Astrobiology Science News 19 March 2008

By Keith Cowing
March 19, 2008

  • Hubble finds first organic molecule on extrasolar planet
  • Astronomers Detect First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet
Keith Cowing

Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻

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