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Hayabusa2’s Ryugu Samples Confirm All Five DNA/RNA Bases, Pointing to Space-Born Formation Clues

Researchers link Ryugu’s nucleobase balance to ammonia levels, signaling formation pathways now being tested in the lab.

Ryugu Samples Contain All Five DNA and RNA Bases, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

Bennu Samples Show Amino Acids Likely Formed in Icy, Radioactive Environments

Bennu Samples Yield Ribose, Glucose and a Novel Polymer in Peer-Reviewed Analyses

NASA Confirms Five Near-Earth Asteroids Will Pass Safely This Week

Probe Theory for Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Divides Researchers as October Perihelion Nears

NASA's Asteroid Sample Reveals Building Blocks of Life and Ancient Water Evidence

Earth Microbes Found on Asteroid Ryugu Sample After Return to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Reveals Bennu's Watery Origins

NASA's DART Mission Successfully Alters Asteroid's Orbit and Shape

NASA's DART Mission Reshapes Asteroid Dimorphos

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission Returns Record-Breaking Asteroid Sample

NASA Successfully Opens Container of Asteroid Sample from Bennu

JAXA Repurposes Hayabusa2 for Asteroid Deterrent Testing