Alien world chemistry found inside meteorite that struck New Jersey home
A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024 has revealed unique chemical properties, including evidence of salty fluids on a primitive asteroid. Researchers from the SETI Institute and NASA analyzed the fragments to trace the rock's origins in the asteroid belt.
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This discovery provides new insights into the geological history of protoplanetary bodies and the chemical processes occurring in the early solar system.
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Add as preferred source Fragment of the Hillsborough meteorite, broken on impact, with fusion crust from passing at high speed through the Earth's atmosphere. Credit: SETI Institute On July 16, 2024, a daytime meteor shook New York City with a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty. Now, an international team of researchers reports in the journal Science Advances that a short time later, a meteorite weighing more than 2 pounds crashed through the roof of a house in the town of Hillsborough, New Jersey.
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