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Building blocks of life found in asteroids were formed in cold regions of space (www.earth.com)

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

“Our use of advanced techniques and innovative experiments has confirmed that ***select ***PAHs on asteroids can originate in the cold vastness of space,” Dr. Holman concluded.

My emphasis. That's a little more reserved than saying "building blocks of life were formed in cold regions of space" and implying that being out in the expanse is some requirement to life forming.