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Asteroid samples contain clues to origin of life, say Japan scientists

Pristine material from the asteroid Ryugu brought back to Earth in 2020.

TOKYO: Asteroid dust collected by a Japanese space probe contains organic material that shows some of the building blocks of life on Earth may have been formed in space, scientists said Friday.

Pristine material from the asteroid Ryugu was brought back to Earth in 2020 after a six-year mission to the celestial body around 300 million kilometres away.

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