Pristine asteroid Ryugu contains amino acids that are building blocks of life

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Samples from asteroid Ryugu are the most pristine pieces of our solar system ever studied and contain amino acids that could have given rise to life on Earth.

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I am having difficulty with the above link. EDIT: Now working OK.

Pristine asteroid Ryugu contains amino acids that are building blocks of life

The following is, I assume, an older paper from November 2019.

First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of ...
https://www.nasa.gov › press-release › goddard › sugar...

18 Nov 2019 — “Other important building blocks of life have been found in meteorites previously, including amino acids (components of proteins) and ...


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If I search your comment below, I get these recent hits:
"Samples from asteroid Ryugu are the most pristine pieces of our solar system ever studied and contain amino acids that could have given rise to life on Earth."



What are asteroids made of? A sample reveals the Solar ...
https://www.britannica.com › story › what-are-asteroids...

14 Feb 2022 — A sample reveals the Solar System's building blocks ... from its voyage to collect a little piece of a near-Earth asteroid called Ryugu.


JAXA just gave NASA a sample from asteroid Ryugu - Syfy
https://www.syfy.com › syfy-wire › jaxa-just-gave-nasa...

30 Dec 2021 — NASA now has a rare sample from Asteroid Ryugu, and the secrets of the solar system might be hiding in there. By Elizabeth Rayne.



What are asteroids made of? A sample returned to Earth ...
https://theconversation.com › what-are-asteroids-made-...

10 Feb 2022 — The Hayabusa2 mission brought a piece of asteroid Ryugu back to Earth, where it has helped scientists resolve a long-standing puzzle.

 

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https://forums.space.com/threads/as...-molecule-near-star-with-comet-factory.54337/

Same problems for life from this asteroid chemicals as well as the small disk with molecule around a 2 solar mass star report said to contain possible seeds for life. The article opens with "Dust from asteroids, such as Ryugu, may have brought seeds of life to Earth."