Could the Blueprint for Life Have Been Generated in Asteroids?
![Conceptual image of meteoroids delivering nucleobases to ancient Earth. The nucleobases are represented by structural diagrams with hydrogen atoms as white spheres, carbon as black, nitrogen as blue and oxygen as red. Credits: NASA Goddard/CI Lab/Dan Gallagher Could the Blueprint for Life Have Been Generated in Asteroids?](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2022-04-27-4-701x395.jpg)
Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in samples from meteorites. While it is unlikely that DNA could be formed in a meteorite, this discovery demonstrates that these genetic parts are available for delivery and could have […]