Samples from the asteroid Ryugu collected by the Hayabusa2 mission contain nitrogenous organic compounds, including the nucleobase uracil which is a part of RNA, according to an international
(Reuters) - Two organic compounds essential for living organisms have been found in samples retrieved from the asteroid Ryugu, buttressing the notion that some ingredients crucial for the advent of life arrived on Earth aboard rocks from space billions of years ago.
Researchers just announced the discovery of the nucleobase uracil one of the building blocks of RNA in a sample from the asteroid Ryugu. Here s what it means.