First Discovery of Life's Building Block in Comet

NASA scientists have found glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of cornet Wild 2. Glycine is an amino acid that make proteins.

This discovery supports the theory that life's ingredients are formed and delivered to Earth from meteorite and comet impacts.

Further information is published in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

Reference: http://www.sciencedaily.com/