Scientists detect complex organic molecules more than 12 billion light-years away, this

week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah Alahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond.

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the most distant

organic molecules yet, in a galaxy called SPT-0418-47.

Justin Spilker, who's the lead author on this study, joins us this week to talk about

his team's findings and what it means for our understanding of star formation in the

early universe.

Then Bruce Betz and I will share what's going to happen in the upcoming night sky.

We'll also share an opportunity for you to win a beautiful kid's book about the Voyager

2 spacecraft.

You can win that in our space trivia contest.

But first, let's take a chomp out of this week's Space News.

Everyone knows that fried food is the key to happiness, even for astronauts.

Researchers from the University of Thessaloniki and Greece have found that it's possible

to fry food in microgravity.

That means that future astronauts will get the chance to eat all of their favorite

comfort foods, even when they're exploring the cosmos.

I'm just thinking about how satisfyingly crunchy a fried mozzarella stick would be when

you're looking down at the Earth from orbit.

The only tricky part there would be making sure that all the sauces don't float away.

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