The Detection of Aromatic Amino Acids in CR Chondrites Suggests They are Prebiotically Plausible

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Burton A. S., Berger E. L., Fox A. C., Lee C.

52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1475

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“Aromatic amino acids are hard to make in the lab, but their presence as indigenous species in C chondrites suggest that abiotic chemistry found a way.”

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