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Science Today: Amino Acids in Space | California Academy of Sciences

2,345 views · Published 26 August 2009 · 1:17 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: California Academy of Sciences · 2009 · Science & Technology

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Does life exist elsewhere in the Universe? Perhaps. Last week, scientists announced the discovery of the amino acid, glycine, on the comet Wild 2. Amino acids provide key components for life here on Earth, but this is the first time we have definitive evidence of these molecules occurring in space. 

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