Ryugu Samples Reveal All Five Nucleobases, Hinting Life’s Building Blocks Are Common in Space
TL;DR
New analysis of Ryugu asteroid samples finds all five canonical nucleobases—adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, and uracil—in both samples, completing the set previously observed on Bennu and suggesting carbon-rich asteroids could have delivered prebiotic molecules to early Earth.
- Asteroid Reveals The 5 Key Genetic Ingredients For Life on Earth ScienceAlert
- A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu Nature
- Asteroids and meteorites may have delivered the building blocks for life on Earth Courthouse News
- Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks, bolstering origin-of-life theories Phys.org
- Near-Earth asteroid samples contain all five nucleobases key to life Chemistry World
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