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Patrick Pester

All 5 'letters' of DNA found on an asteroid speeding through our solar system. What do they tell us about the origins of life?

A photo of asteroid Ryugu in space. .

A "potentially hazardous" asteroid contains all of the "letters" that make up DNA, suggesting that these key ingredients for life may be common in the solar system.

Researchers made the discovery after analyzing samples collected from asteroid Ryugu, a 3,000-foot-wide (900 meters) space rock shaped like a spinning top.

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