JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.
The asteroid Ryugu is seen by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft from a distance of 6 kilometers. Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, ...
DNA is much more than some weird-looking double helix – it’s the code at the heart of all life on Earth. Your cells use it to make proteins, as do the cells of the tree in your garden, the birds ...