Astronomers Report That Venus’ Atmosphere Contains an Amino Acid Found in DNA – ScienceAlert

Does it feel like all eyes are on Venus these days? The discovery of the potential biomarker phosphine in the planet’s upper atmosphere last month garnered a lot of attention, as it should. There’s still some uncertainty around what the phosphine discovery means, though.
Now a team of researchers claims they’ve discovered the amino acid glycine in Venus’ atmosphere.
The paper announcing the finding is titled ‘Detection of simplest amino acid glycine in the atmosphere of the Venus’. The lead au…

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