article_snippet.sent: Experts believe comets and asteroids from our solar system seeded Earth Earth with water and organic molecules to set the stage for life to evolve.
article_snippet.sent: Alma's high sensitivity antennae have now shown that such molecules not only form and survive, but thrive .
article_snippet.sent: Astronomer Dr Karin Oberg, from the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in Massachusetts, said: 'Studies of comets and asteroids show that the solar nebula that spawned our sun and planets was rich in water and complex organic compounds. '
article_snippet.sent: We now have evidence that this same chemistry exists elsewhere in the universe, in regions that could form solar systems not unlike We own.'
article_snippet.sent: Previously it was unclear whether complex organic molecules commonly survive the shocks and radiation levels found in a newly forming solar system .
article_snippet.sent: Alma's high sensitivity antennae have now shown that such molecules not only form and survive, but thrive.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Oberg added: 'From the study of exoplanets, we know we solar system isn't unique in having rocky planets and an abundance of water. '