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What is the meaning of life? Well, that can be up to interpretation. Now, what’s behind the formation of life? Well, that’s carbon. A new study out of the University of Arizona shows a connection between dying stars and the creation of complex carbon molecules. Not quite as complex as a life-form, but this study has implications for the origin of life.

Carbon nanotubes are tiny tubes made of pure carbon. There is evidence that they could be produced in the dust and gas that surround dying stars. The

Evidence suggests that carbon nanotubes, tiny tubes consisting of pure carbon, could be forged in the envelopes of dust and gas surrounding dying stars. The findings propose a simple, yet elegant mechanism for the formation and survival of complex carbon molecules in space.