Extraterrestrial Origins of Life.

EXTRATERRESTRIAL beings; EXTRATERRESTRIAL life; ORIGIN of life; CARBONACEOUS chondrites (Meteorites)

Both samples contained uracil, one of the components of RNA, as well as other organic mol This map is a giant leap forward in brain imaging technology. One of the four nucleotide bases in RNA has been identified in a sample from the asteroid Ryugu. Ryugu is a carbonaceous (or carbon-rich) asteroid, and the sample study confirmed that these asteroids have a similar composition as a rare type of meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites. [Extracted from the article]

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