Comet 67P carries two ingredients for life: glycine, phosphorus

Conclusive evidence of amino acid, DNA-builder detected by Rosetta spacecraft

comet 67P

KEY INGREDIENTS  Phosphorus and glycine, both essential to life, have been found at comet 67P, seen in this March 29 picture from the Rosetta spacecraft.

Rosetta/ESA, MPS, UPD, LAM, IAA, SSO, INTA, UPM, DASP, IDA

Two more of the ingredients for life as we know it have turned up in space, this time from a comet orbiting the sun.