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A tiny space rock holds clues about the evolution of life – Yahoo Finance Australia
NASA researchers believe meteorite Asuka 12236 holds clues about the evolution of life as we know it.
Back in 2012, a team of Japanese and Belgian researchers in Antarctica found a golf ball-sized space rock resting in the snow. Now, NASA astronauts have had a chance to study a piece of that meteorite, Asuka 12236, and they say it may hold new clues about the development of life.
Inside the meteorite, astrobiologists from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center found a high concentration of amino acids, particularly aspartic and glutamic acids. Those are two of the 20 amino acids that make millions …
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