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Japan's Hayabusa2 mission finds all 5 nucleobases on Ryugu
NewsBytes | April 3, 2026 7:39 PM CST

Ryugu dust shows nucleobases plus ammonia

The team studied tiny dust samples collected from Ryugu in 2019 and brought back to Earth.
They found a unique mix of these molecules and even detected ammonia.
While it doesn't prove life started in space, it gives us fresh clues about how life's ingredients can form naturally out there.


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