The chemical basis for life can form in interstellar ice

Photo of Nebula NGC 1333. The James Webb telescope detected interstellar ice there, which could be the origin of stars and planets. The study shows that this ice was apparently also behind the formation of organic molecules, including all intermediaries in the Krebs cycle. Credit: © ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana