Asteroid containing what you need to make DNA is in our solar system

Did life come from an asteroid? Scientists have never quite ruled it out (Picture: Nazarii Neshcherenskyi)

DNA is much more than some weird-looking string – it’s the code to all life on Earth.

Your cells use it to make proteins, as do the cells of the tree in your garden, the birds roosting on it and the fruit you’ve topped your granola with.

But Japanese scientists say they’ve discovered an asteroid zooming around our solar system with all the ingredients to make life.

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