Sweet building blocks of life found around young star by Staff Writers Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 30, 2012 Sugar around new stars "In the protoplanetary disc of gas and dust surrounding the young, newly formed star, we found glycolaldehyde molecules, which are a simple form of sugar. "It is one of the building blocks in the process that leads to the formation of RNA and the first step in the direction of biology," explains astrophysicist Jes Jorgensen, Associate Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute and the Centre for Star and Planet Formation at the University of Copenhagen. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Sw..._star_999.html