The geological and extra-terrestrial distribution of amino acids

10 The geological and extra-terrestrial distribution of amino acids 

The use of telescopic spectroscopy has revealed the existence of glycine in interstellar dust clouds. Since these clouds amount to huge masses of matter (greater than the total mass of condensed objects such as stars and planets), there must be universal availability of amino acids, even though they are dispersed thinly in the vast volume of space. 

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