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High carbon quantities spotted in infant solar system
Jun 8 2006, Irani

It is a popularly known fact that carbon is the basis of all terrestrial life. It is found in unusually high quantities 63 light-years away in space! Astronomers detected huge quantities of carbon in an infant solar system. It is located around nearby..

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