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Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution have found the first indications of highly complex organic molecules in the disk of red dust surrounding a distant star. The eight-million-year-old star, known as HR 4796A, is inferred to be in the late stages of planet formation, suggesting that the basic building blocks of life may be common in planetary systems. <br /><br />In a study published in the current Astrophysical Journal Letters, John Debes and Alycia Weinberger of the Carnegie Institutions Department of Terrestrial Magnetism with Glenn Schneider of the University of Arizona report observations of infrared <br />