All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

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A sample collected by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft from the spinning top-like asteroid contained the nucleobases adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil.

Researchers in Japan say they have identified all five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA in samples brought back from the asteroid Ryugu by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa2.

The study's lead author said that the presence of nucleobases "does not mean that life existed on Ryugu".

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