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The Sequence Traveling the Universe

The Sequence Traveling the Universe

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Tonight’s tale isn’t from some haunted forest or cursed basement. It’s from a place far darker. A place where light itself fears to go. So grab your telescope and lets gaze into the night sky together in Episode 12: The Sequence Traveling the Universe

Imagine a spinning of rock the size of a small city, tumbling alone through the black between Mars and Jupiter. Its name is Ryugu. Ancient. Carbon-black. Older than Earth itself. 

Billions of years ago, when our solar system was still screaming hot gas and dust, this lonely asteroid was already collecting secrets.

Disclaimer: These are creative stories. The discoveries are real, and I weave in a lot of the facts, but most of the story is made up fiction. Links to sources included for a deeper dive into the real facts and research.

Source

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/ryugu-asteroid-sample-contains-all-five-key-components-of-dna-scientists-find

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02791-z

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-ryugu-asteroid-samples-dna-rna.html

https://theconversation.com/all-5-fundamental-units-of-lifes-genetic-code-were-just-discovered-in-an-asteroid-sample-278099

Music by Cosmic Nightmares

Jimena Contreras

Cosmic Nightmares