Briny Clues from a Primitive Asteroid Found in Hillsborough Meteorite
Scientists analyzing the Hillsborough meteorite that pierced a New Jersey home found salt-rich, near-surface brines in a CM1/2 primitive asteroid fragment, along with diverse organic molecules and amino acids—evidence that brine chemistry in primitive asteroids could have delivered prebiotic material to early Earth and that this CM1/2 fall is exceptionally rare.
