#  Planets Form in Organic Soups with Different Ingredients 

 





September 15, 2021

 

 

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 **Cambridge, MA** -- Astronomers have mapped out the chemicals inside of planetary nurseries in extraordinary detail. The newly unveiled maps reveal the locations of dozens of molecules within five protoplanetary disks — regions of dust and gas where planets form around young stars.

 "These planet-forming disks are teeming with organic molecules, some which are implicated in the origins of life here on Earth," explains [Karin Öberg](https://cfa.harvard.edu/people/karin-oberg), an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) who led the map-making project. "This is really exciting; the chemicals in each disk will ultimately affect the type of planets that form — and determine whether or not the planets can host life."

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