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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.

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

Australian 'Ananguites' Point to a Giant 11-Million-Year-Old Impact With No Known Crater

New 'Ananguite' Tektite Field Identified in Australia From 11-Million-Year-Old Impact

Psyche Spacecraft Snaps Distant Earth–Moon Portrait During Instrument Checkout

UGA Researchers Propose 'McDonough Meteorite' Name for 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Space Rock

China’s Tianwen-2 probe launches to sample Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamo’oalewa