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livescience.com - not the best, not the worst ;)

https://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/alcohol-soaked-star-system-could-help-explain-why-life-including-us-was-able-to-form

Researchers have found alcohol in the orbit of
a young star, and it could help them understand
the origins of life on Earth.

Methanol (methyl alcohol) and its isotopes
(versions of elements) were detected in gases
around a star called HD 100453, which is about
330 light-years from Earth. This is the first
time researchers have found isotopes of methanol
in the disk of a young star like HD 100453, the
scientists reported in a study published June 5
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

Methanol is a building block for organic compounds
such as amino acids, which are needed for life.
Researchers had previously detected methanol — but
not its far rarer isotopes — in other star-forming
disks.
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