All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected ...

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This image depicts the chemical structure of cytosine. It shows a hexagonal ring with nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3, and a primary amine group attached to carbon 4. The two remaining positions ...

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The study's lead author said that the presence of nucleobases "does not mean that life existed on Ryugu".