A meteorite that crashed onto a U.K. driveway last year has been found to contain extraterrestrial water and amino acids, which are essential building blocks of life.
A meteorite that crashed onto a U.K. driveway early last year has been found to contain extraterrestrial water.
The study was an international effort led by researchers from the University of Glasgow and the Natural History Museum in London, where samples of the meteorite are currently on display. The meteorite is believed to be a fragment blasted off an asteroid near Jupiter that then headed to our planet within the past million years. It's estimated to be around 4.6 billion years old.
"One of the biggest questions asked of the scientific community is how did we get here?" Luke Daly, a lecturer in planetary geoscience at the University of Glasgow and one of the study's authors, said in the news release. "This analysis on the Winchcombe meteorite gives insight into how the Earth came to have water – the source of so much life. Researchers will continue to work on this specimen for years to come, unlocking more secrets into the origins of our solar system.
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