Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space

Summary by News18 India

Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, buttressing the notion that some ingredients crucial for the advent of life arrived on Earth aboard rocks from space billions of years ago.

Published 3 months ago

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Times of India

Researchers find building block of RNA, vitamin B3 in sample taken from near-Earth asteroid Ryugu; Details here

Samples obtained from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu by Japan's Hayabusa2 mission have been found to contain organic molecules.

3 months ago·Mumbai, India

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News18 India

Asteroid Discovery Suggests Ingredients For Life on Earth Came From Space

3 months ago·India

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Reuters

Asteroid discovery suggests ingredients for life on Earth came from space

3 months ago·United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Even more molecules vital to life found on Asteroid Ryugu

The findings add support to the notion some of the chemical ingredients needed for life may have had their origins in outer space, arriving on Earth by meteorite.

3 months ago·United Kingdom

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Hindustan Times

Life on Earth seeded from outer space? New study on asteroids suggests ‘strong evidence’

Scientists have previously found some or all of these bases in different asteroids that landed on Earth as meteorites. However, they could not be sure the chemicals came from outer space or were contaminated when they landed.

3 months ago·New Delhi, India

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CNN

They find a compound of RNA and vitamin B3 in samples from Ryugu, an asteroid close to Earth

Ryugu is a carbon-rich, diamond-shaped asteroid that measures about 1 kilometer wide. Hayabusa2' was the first mission to return a sample of the subsurface of an asteroid to Earth.

3 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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