Another biomolecule, the pentose sugar that serves as the backbone of DNA,
quickly produced in un-directed synthesis under conditions that obtain on ice in space. Given the speed with which the first life formed on Earth (0.1 GA after the planet cooled to a solid form) as well as increasing evidence like this about how easy it is to make nucleic acid building blocks under prebiotic conditions, it's also very likely that life forms everywhere with water and carbon - even in ice. (See
here for most recent panspermia/evolution post.)
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