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'FIREBALL METEORITE' To give clues about origin of life?


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A meteorite that stunned the world when it blazed through the sky and plummeted into a frozen lake in Michigan on January 16, 2018 contains some of the key ingredients for the creation of life, scientists have discovered. The six-foot wide rock fragmented and illuminated the sky while travelling at 30,000mph, with footage of the event going viral around the world. Fragments were rapidly tracked down and handed over to scientists who now know it contains some of the key ingredients for the creation of life. So-called 'organic compounds were found and these carbon containing molecules are the backbone of amino acids, fats. DNA and other biological materials. The discovery of these raw materials on a space rock means it is possible that billions of years ago a larger, but similar, meteorite landed on Earth and brought

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