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UCL Team Shows Simple Chemistry Can Link Amino Acids to RNA and Build Peptides

The work points to concentrated freshwater settings, leaving the origin of coded amino‑acid assignment as the critical next question.

Study Reveals Why Carbon-Rich Meteorites Rarely Reach Earth

New Study Finds Titan’s Ocean Could Support Only Tiny Microbial Life

Asteroid Bennu Samples Reveal Key Ingredients for Life

NASA's Bennu Sample Reveals Key Ingredients for Life Beyond Earth

Asteroid Bennu Probes Reveal Key Ingredients for Life

NASA Study: Life Signs May Persist Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa

Amino Acids Stable in Venus' Acidic Clouds, Study Finds