We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?

Ars Technica
By John TimmerMar 21, 2026, 7:00 am186 pts
On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of the headlines omitted a key word needed to put the discovery in context: "again." The paper itself cited similar results dating back to 2011, and the ensuing years have seen various…

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