Sugar Found in Space Could Seed Life | Calgary News

Scientists just found erythrulose—a sugar in raspberries and self-tanners—in space, marking the first time any sugar has been spotted in the interstellar medium. This discovery could explain how life’s building blocks arrived on Earth billions of years ago, possibly via comets and asteroids during the Late Heavy Bombardment. With up to 50 million tons potentially delivered, it hints that the ingredients for RNA—and maybe life itself—might be common throughout the universe, suggesting life could be far more widespread than we thought. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9861d93bf1bc78bd