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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by aurareturn on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:31AM (#50378325) 

  The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu suggests the molecular ingredients of life may have been already forming in space billions of years ago. Asteroids may have helped deliver those ingredients to the early Earth – making the origin of life part of a much larger cosmic chemical story.
Why do we think that Earth needed those ingredients from asteroids when the same rocks formed Earth - thus, giving Earth everything it needs without asteroids?
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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by MrBuddyCasino on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:46AM (#50378456)
I suppose those don’t survive the “earth forming” part?
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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by Valgrim on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:37AM (#50378913)
Sure, we previously found all these nucleobases in meteorites like that one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison_meteorite

The Rugyu sample is interesting because it basically rules out earth contamination

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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by jqpabc123 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:14AM (#50378702)
It doesn't really matter because in either case, Jesus did it just like always does.
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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by havealotta on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:17AM (#50378730)
Very insightful. You get paid somewhere to have that insight?
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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by jqpabc123 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:33AM (#50378878)
No. But I interact with people every day who have this as a core feature of their existence. It explains a lot about society.
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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by parineum on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:20AM (#50381028)
Maybe post that as a reply to someone who says something like this instead of making a sarcastic, non-sequitur comment.
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Re:All 5 genetic letters of DNA and RNA discovered in 4.5B-y... by BSDobelix on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:54AM (#50379835)
What has Jesus done?
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