The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑<p>❛❛ <a href="https://me.dm/tags/adenine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adenine</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/guanine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guanine</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/cytosine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cytosine</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/thymine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thymine</span></a> & <a href="https://me.dm/tags/uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uracil</span></a> … necessary to build <a href="https://me.dm/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> & <a href="https://me.dm/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a> … traces of important organic compounds like xanthine, hypoxanthine, & nicotinic acid (<a href="https://me.dm/tags/vitamin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vitamin</span></a> B3).<br>In addition to suggesting that life could exist elsewhere in the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a>, the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/molecules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>molecules</span></a> found on Bennu raise provocative questions about the <a href="https://me.dm/tags/origins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>origins</span></a> of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> on <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>. ❜❜ </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Bennu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bennu</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> was discovered in 1999 & sampled in 2020.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.Salon.com/2025/01/30/building-blocks-of-life-discovered-on-asteroid-bennu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">Salon.com/2025/01/30/building-</span><span class="invisible">blocks-of-life-discovered-on-asteroid-bennu/</span></a> 2025 Jan 30<br>🔗 <a href="https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Bennu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">Wikipedia.org/wiki/101955_Benn</span><span class="invisible">u</span></a></p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Kronodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kronodon</span></a></p>
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hesgen<p>Genetic precursor and vitamin B3 found in Ryugu asteroid</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/Uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uracil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/niacin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>niacin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/ExtraterrestrialLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtraterrestrialLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.media/tags/Hyabusa2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hyabusa2</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hesgen.substack.com/p/genetic-precursor-and-vitamin-b3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hesgen.substack.com/p/genetic-</span><span class="invisible">precursor-and-vitamin-b3</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu<br>Uracil, a component of RNA, was found in a sample collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft <br><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/building-block-life-asteroid-ryugu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/buildi</span><span class="invisible">ng-block-life-asteroid-ryugu</span></a><br><a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uracil</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a></p>
Georgimus Prime<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uracil</span></a> in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> | Nature Communications<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36904-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-023</span><span class="invisible">-36904-3</span></a><br>"Here we report the detection of uracil, one of the four nucleobases in ribonucleic acid, in aqueous extracts from Ryugu samples. In addition, nicotinic acid (niacin, a B3 vitamer), its derivatives, and imidazoles were detected in search for nitrogen heterocyclic molecules."</p><p>This is an important step in detecting life and also it's origins in the universe.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hayabusa2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hayabusa2</span></a></p>
Chris Merle<p>A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/building-block-life-asteroid-ryugu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/buildi</span><span class="invisible">ng-block-life-asteroid-ryugu</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScienceNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceNews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uracil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/planetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetaryScience</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Regarding the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uracil</span></a> detection in <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> there are also a press release at <a href="https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/uracil-found-in-ryugu-samples/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/urac</span><span class="invisible">il-found-in-ryugu-samples/</span></a> and articles e.g. at <a href="https://theconversation.com/new-asteroid-sample-study-offers-further-hints-of-space-origin-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-on-earth-201960" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/new-astero</span><span class="invisible">id-sample-study-offers-further-hints-of-space-origin-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-on-earth-201960</span></a> and <a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/building-block-life-asteroid-ryugu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencenews.org/article/buildi</span><span class="invisible">ng-block-life-asteroid-ryugu</span></a> and <a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/asteroid-analysis-reveals-prebiotic-compounds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-</span><span class="invisible">news/asteroid-analysis-reveals-prebiotic-compounds/</span></a> and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/asteroid-discovery-suggests-ingredients-life-earth-came-space-2023-03-21/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/lifestyle/science/</span><span class="invisible">asteroid-discovery-suggests-ingredients-life-earth-came-space-2023-03-21/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Samples of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> collected by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hayabusa2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hayabusa2</span></a> had <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uracil</span></a>, one of the informational units that make up <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a>, the molecules that contain the instructions for how to build and operate living organisms. Vitamin <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/B3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B3</span></a> or <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/niacin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>niacin</span></a>, which is an important cofactor for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/metabolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metabolism</span></a> in living organisms, was also detected in the same samples <br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-rna-molecule-uracil-asteroid-ryugu.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-03-rna-mole</span><span class="invisible">cule-uracil-asteroid-ryugu.html</span></a></p>
Daniel Fischer<p>Uracil in the carbonaceous <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> (162173) Ryugu: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36904-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-023</span><span class="invisible">-36904-3</span></a> - the "initial analysis team for the soluble <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/organic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organic</span></a> matter reported the detection of wide variety of organic molecules including racemic amino acids in the Ryugu samples. Here we report the detection of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uracil</span></a>, one of the four <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/nucleobases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nucleobases</span></a> in ribonucleic acid, in aqueous extracts from <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> samples."</p>
Scientific Frontline<p>Samples from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ryugu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ryugu</span></a> collected by the Hayabusa2 mission contain <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nitrogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nitrogenous</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organic</span></a> compounds, including the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nucleobase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nucleobase</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uracil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uracil</span></a>, which is a part of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNA</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/chm03212301.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/03/chm03212301</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p>
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