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DNA's Cosmic Origins, Martian Metal Hotspots, and Mapping the Milky Way's Edge

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 50 *Key ingredients of DNA discovered in the asteroid Ryugu A new study has confirmed that all five fundamental molecules needed to make up the DNA and RNA which underpins life as we know it, have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid ... Show more

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Unraveling 3I ATLAS: Comet Chemistry, Psyche's Craters, and the Space Junk Dilemma

SpaceTime Series 29 Episode 49 *Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is changing A new study has discovered that the interstellar comet 3I Atlas appears to be undergoing a change in the composition of the volatile gasses its emitting. *Large craters offering new clues to the origin of the ... Show more

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