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Meteorite Brine May Have Seeds of Life | Philadelphia News
A meteorite crashed into a New Jersey home in July, and scientists are buzzing—it’s packed with prebiotic molecules, the cosmic building blocks of life. This rare carbonaceous chondrite, preserved perfectly by the homeowner, reveals something unprecedented: salty brine coating its surface, hinting its asteroid parent once held liquid water. That salty environment may have catalyzed key chemical reactions, dissolving phosphates and forming amino acids—ingredients essential for life. Researchers believe such meteorites could have seeded early Earth with the organic material needed to spark…
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