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

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

How sugar from outer space became one of the backbones of life on Earth
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Ribose molecules came to Earth in meteorites and eventually became key parts of RNA. But how they survived in between has been a mystery.

Original source: The Conversation
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