A four-carbon sugar discovered 26,000 light-years away may explain how DNA's backbone arrived on Earth.
Sugars are crucial components of RNA and DNA, the basis of all known organisms alive today. In a new study, the sugar ...
Interstellar biomolecules Erythrulose, the four-carbon sugar shown in this image, has been detected in a gas cloud near the ...
A sugar compound called erythrulose has been found near the center of our galaxy ...
It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues ...