#30 – “Seeds for Life from the Sky: How Asteroid ‘Ryugu’ Rewrites Our Origin” – April 21, 2026
Summary in Seconds: Scientists analyzing pristine samples from the asteroid Ryugu have discovered all five nucleobases that form the genetic code of life, confirming that the essential building blocks of DNA and RNA exist naturally in space. Collected by Hayabusa2 and studied without contamination, these findings—along with similar results from Bennu—suggest that such molecules are […]