Ribose, a sugar needed for life, has been detected in meteorites
The find suggests that a molecule crucial to life’s genetic machinery hitched a ride to Earth
Space rocks that fell on a young Earth (illustrated) could have carried with them ribose, a molecule essential for life’s genetic machinery. This sugar now has been found in two meteorites.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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