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Building Blocks of Life’s Building Blocks Come From Starlight

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The dusty side of the Sword of Orion is illuminated in this striking infrared image from ESA's Hershel Space Observatory.

With new data from Herschel, astronomers better understand how molecules form that are necessary for building other chemicals essential for life.