article_snippet.sent: For the first time, astronomers have found the building blocks of life  in a distant early star system.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists detected carbon-based molecules in a disk of gas and dust around a star 455 light years away where planets are likely to be forming.
article_snippet.sent: Scientists detected carbon-based molecules in a disc of gas around an infant star 455 light years away where planets are likely to be forming.
article_snippet.sent: Radio telescope observations showed the disk surrounding the million-year-old star MWC 480 to be 'brimming' with the complex carbon-based molecule methyl cyanide.
article_snippet.sent: The molecules surrounding MWC 480 have been detected in similar concentrations in our own solar system's comets, Stofan pointed out.
article_snippet.sent: As the MWC 480 system evolves it is likely that organic molecules locked away in comets and other icy bodies will be ferried closer to the star where conditions may be suitable for life, the scientists believe.
highlights_snippet.sent: Million-year-old star MWC 480 is 'brimming' with carbon-based molecules .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: As MWC 480 evolves it is likely carbon-based molecules will move closer to Million-year-old star MWC 480 .
  