
Planetary Science
Ribose, a sugar needed for life, has been detected in meteorites
Samples of rocks that fell to Earth contain a key molecular ingredient of RNA, part of life’s genetic machinery.
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Samples of rocks that fell to Earth contain a key molecular ingredient of RNA, part of life’s genetic machinery.
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