- A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu. Uracil, a component of RNA, was found in a sample collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/building-block-life-asteroid-ryugu 71 comments science
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- All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites https://www.sciencenews.org/article/all-of-the-bases-in-dna-and-rna-have-now-been-found-in-meteorites 491 comments
- Uracil in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36904-3 7 comments
- Samples of the asteroid Ryugu are scientists' purest pieces of the solar system https://www.sciencenews.org/article/asteroid-ryugu-ryugu-hayabusa2-meteorite-sample-carbonaceous-chondrite 0 comments
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