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Meteorite Brine Holds Life’s Blueprint | Wilmington News
A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in July 2024 turned out to be a cosmic treasure trove—packed with prebiotic molecules, including amino acids and magnesium compounds, that may have seeded early Earth with life’s building blocks. This rare CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite, only the second of its kind ever found falling to Earth, was uniquely covered in salty brine before breaking off its parent asteroid, suggesting ancient liquid water on the asteroid itself. Scientists are calling it “alien world chemistry,” and its discovery reinforces the theory that asteroids like this delivered…
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