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by cnity 958 days ago
Something I have struggled to find nearly as much material on is where our _molecules_ come from. I know of lots of ways in which they're formed, but things like, are there any molecules in stars? How much? How much are they distributed in the universe? How complex and large do molecules get in the universe?

I'm especially interested in the proto-life molecules. How close do we get to e.g. proteins without having life?