Visuals: Raw Ingredients for Life Detected in Planetary Construction Zones

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SSC2004-08a: Stellar Jewels Shine in New Spitzer Image
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/E. Churchwell (University of Wisconsin)

SSC2004-08b: Spitzer Spectra of Protoplanetary Discs
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/D. Watson (University of Rochester)

SSC2004-08c: Spectra Show Protoplanetary Disc Structures
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/D. Watson (University of Rochester)

SSC2004-08d: Out of the Dust, A Planet is Born
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech)

SSC2004-08e: Locations of RCW 49 and Taurus Star-Forming Regions
Credit: ESO (top), 2MASS (middle), IRAS/DIRBE (bottom)

Video

SSC2004-08v1: Spitzer Sheds Infrared Light on Hundreds of Newborn Stars
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech)

SSC2004-08v2: Icy Organics in Planet-Forming Discs
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech)

SSC2004-08v3: Forming a Planetary Gap
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech)

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