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Largest Molecule yet Spotted in a Planet-forming Disc (ESOcast 253 Light)

How do the ingredients for life end up on planets? The discovery of the largest molecule ever found in a planet-forming disc is providing clues.

Credit:

ESO

Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Martin Wallner.
Editing : Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Juliet Hannay and Anita Chandran.
Music: Stellardrone — Cosmic Sunrise .
Footage and photos: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/A. Pohl, Nienke van der Marel et al., Brunken et al., L. Calçada , Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2 and NASA/ESA/M. Kornmesser.
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.