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ceejayozyesterday at 12:25 PM1 replyview on HN

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/osiris-rex/sugars-gum-stardust...

> The five-carbon sugar ribose and, for the first time in an extraterrestrial sample, six-carbon glucose were found.

The soup does matter, as does finding that the ingredients are everywhere.


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pfdietzyesterday at 12:38 PM

Finding exponentially decreasing amounts of specific chemicals is about as informative as finding short words in strings of random letters.

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