Did Sugar From Deep Space Make Life Possible?

Arrokoth, an asteroid in the Kuiper Belt, is the most distant object ever explored by the New Horizons spacecraft. And it’s covered in sugar. Here’s why that might be important for understanding the nature of life itself.

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