Ryugu's shards hold the five DNA bricks

Japanese scientists have found in rocks taken from the asteroid Ryugu, which collided with the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, the five nitrogen bases constituting DNA and RNA.CUSTOM News, Scientific News, ADN, analyzed, asteroid, asteroids, Japan, million, origin of life, rocks, Ryugu, AFE PACKAGE, newsJapanese scientists have found in rocks taken from the asteroid Ryugu, which collided with the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, the five nitrogen bases...

Japan has analyzed samples from a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid and found the five basic components of DNA and RNA.

The Hayabusa2 camera landed a capsule in the Australian desert in December 2020, after traveling millions of kilometers from Ryugu to Earth.

The international team, led by Japanese scientists, detected the five nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine, uracil, guanine and cytosine.

These compounds are part of the molecules essential for known life and allow us to reconstruct the chemical environment of the origins of the Solar System.

The results were published in several scientific journals and have generated debates about whether the ingredients of life could have originated in space before being brought to Earth.

A second asteroid Bennu was also previously analyzed and showed similar results.

The next Hayabusa2 flight is now expected to repeat this mission with new samples collected directly above the asteroid.