There may have been some amino acids and water in that meteorite. If so, Fred Hoyle may have been correct in his ideas about life in the universe.

When scientists examined the preserved fragments, they were able to determine the meteorite was made of a rare, primitive material called CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite. This is only the second observed fall of such a meteorite, making it “one of the most scientifically valuable meteorites ever recovered,”

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