How sugar from outer space became one of the backbones of life on Earth - The Conversation
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How sugar from outer space became one of the backbones of life on Earth - The Conversation

Source:The Conversation Africa
Author:Albert Fahrenbach, Luke Steller, Martin Van Kranendonk

Ribose molecules came to Earth in meteorites and eventually became key parts of RNA. But how they survived in between has been a mystery.