Cosmically Curious: Asteroids and Aminos

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What if the founding elements of our existence come from the confines of the Solar System? A new analysis of the Ryugu asteroid brings considerable weight to this fascinating theory.

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Ryugu has become a global trend following the publication of studies confirming the presence of amino acids and uracil (one of the components of RNA) in soil samples collected by the Hayabusa space probe.2 These findings reinforce the scientific hypothesis of panspermia, which suggests that fundamental blocks for life on Earth may have arrived on board asteroids and comets billions of years ago.