An important amino acid called glycine has been detected in a comet for the first time, supporting the theory that these cosmic bodies delivered the ingredients for life on Earth, researchers said Friday.
May 27, 2016
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May 27, 2016 · Hints of the simplest amino acid, glycine, were found in samples returned to Earth in 2006 from Comet Wild-2 by NASA's Stardust mission. However ...
May 27, 2016 · Glycine, one of the simplest amino acids, is usually bound up as a solid, which means it's difficult to detect from afar, Altwegg said. While ...
May 27, 2016 · The importance of comets for the origin of life on Earth has been advocated for many decades. Amino acids are key ingredients in chemistry, ...
May 27, 2016 · The presence of amino acids in comets, where aqueous alterations involving liquid water are unlikely to occur, is explained by chemistry in ...
Apr 3, 2012 · In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn how comets could have delivered important ...
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Sep 12, 2010 · New research from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists shows that comets that crashed into Earth millions of years ago could have ...
May 27, 2016 · So far, glycine is the only amino acid shown to form without liquid water; it is therefore likely to be the only amino acid in comets like 67P/ ...
Dec 9, 2021 · The present results suggest that neither amino acids nor amino acid precursors could survive if they were directly exposed to solar UV for years ...
