Complex organic molecules found in distant star system

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FRANCE: Complex organic molecules, known as the building blocks of life, are found in a protoplanetary disk nearby a young star.
Astronomers discovered that the protoplanetary disk surrounding the star MWC 480, which is a million years old, is full of the complex carbon-based molecule called methyl cyanide (CH3CN), according to the statement released by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA).
According to the statement, methyl cyanide (CH3CN) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) were discovered in the cold outer reaches of the newly formed disk of the star MWC 480.
The astronomers believe that the area where these molecules were found is similar to the orbit of short-period comets and dwarf planets beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt.