Original upload date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 22:49:02 GMT
NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space. The research give
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s support to the theory that a "kit" of ready-made parts created in space and delivered to Earth by meteorite and comet impacts assisted the origin of life.
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