Meteorite that smashed through a New Jersey roof reveals clues to life’s origins
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A meteorite that crashed through a New Jersey home in July 2024 turned out to be extraordinarily rare, classified as a CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite, only the second witnessed fall of its kind ever recorded. Scientists found ancient salt deposits, amino acids, and organic compounds inside, suggesting briny fluids on its parent asteroid may have helped create life's building blocks.
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