All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-year-old asteroid

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Comment by aurareturn 1 day ago

  The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu suggests the molecular ingredients of life may have been already forming in space billions of years ago. Asteroids may have helped deliver those ingredients to the early Earth – making the origin of life part of a much larger cosmic chemical story.
Why do we think that Earth needed those ingredients from asteroids when the same rocks formed Earth - thus, giving Earth everything it needs without asteroids?

Comment by MrBuddyCasino 1 day ago

I suppose those don’t survive the “earth forming” part?

Comment by aurareturn 1 day ago

But survives a high speed impact from outer space?

Comment by Valgrim 1 day ago

Sure, we previously found all these nucleobases in meteorites like that one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison_meteorite

The Rugyu sample is interesting because it basically rules out earth contamination

Comment by jqpabc123 1 day ago

It doesn't really matter because in either case, Jesus did it just like he always does.

Comment by BSDobelix 1 day ago

What has Jesus done?

Comment by havealotta 1 day ago

Very insightful. You get paid somewhere to have that insight?

Comment by jqpabc123 1 day ago

No. But I interact with people every day who have this as a core feature of their existence. It explains a lot about society.

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Comment by parineum 1 day ago

Maybe post that as a reply to someone who says something like this instead of making a sarcastic, non-sequitur comment.

Comment by soiax 1 day ago

Aliens