Asteroid Carries All Five Ingredients for Life
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March 22, 2026
Asteroid Ryugu isn't much to look at, but its dust may help explain how life got started on Earth. The Smithsonian reports that samples from the half-mile-wide space rock contain all five chemical bases needed to build DNA and RNA. In a study published in Nature Astronomy, researchers say these...
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