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Researchers, For The First Time, Detected DNA & RNA Nucleobases In Meteorites That Fell To Earth In The Last 100 Yrs, Using A DNA Extraction Method That’s 100X More Sensitive Than Methods Used Since The 1960s. And The Nucleobases– Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine, And Uracil, May Indicate That The Ingredient For Life Came From Space.

Identifying the wide diversity of extraterrestrial purine and pyrimidine nucleobases in carbonaceous meteorites | Nature Communications

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29612-x?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=CONR_PF018_ECOM_GL_PHSS_ALWYS_PRODUCT&utm_content=textlink&utm_term=PID100062364&CJEVENT=4bc2361bcb2911ec81e200a80a1c0e10

All DNA/RNA nucleobases were identified in carbonaceous meteorites. Having been provided to the early Earth as a component in carbonaceous meteorites, these molecules might have played a role for the emergence of genetic functions in early life.