How sugar from outer space became one of the backbones of life on Earth
By Luke Steller, Associate Researcher, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW
Albert Fahrenbach, Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, UNSW
Martin Van Kranendonk, Professor and Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW
Ribose molecules came to Earth in meteorites and eventually became key parts of RNA. But how they survived in between has been a mystery.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026