{"id":2722,"date":"2026-07-17T16:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:17:23","slug":"a-meteorite-that-crashed-into-a-new-jersey-home-contained-alien-world-chemistry-a-new-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2722","title":{"rendered":"A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contained \u2018alien world chemistry,\u2019 a new study says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New findings about an alien asteroid are out, and it\u2019s all thanks to a New Jersey couple after an uninvited hazard crashed into their home two years ago. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2720\">South Philly\u2019s newest cafe has a home-run breakfast sandwich and lines out the door<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In July 2024, a meteorite shot through the sky. Observers across the Northeast said they witnessed a fireball at the time. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Before reaching Earth, the asteroid had a mass of 115 pounds, according to calculations based on the fireball\u2019s brightness, speed, and sonic boom. Most of the mass \u2014 which blazed through the atmosphere at 32,000 miles per hour \u2014 was annihilated. The news went quiet. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>NASA said at the time that the rock likely hadn\u2019t survived. No one reported anything making it to the ground. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But in a quiet Hillsborough, N.J., residence, a couple\u2019s home started violently shaking at around 11:15 a.m. The male homeowner \u2014 who requested anonymity citing privacy concerns \u2014 told the New York Times the crash caused a hole in the ceiling above his bed. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGood thing I didn\u2019t sleep in,\u201d he told the Times. The meteorite fragment also had an odor: rotten, sulfurous, with fine black soot and dark rocks. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>TheSomerset County couple spent weeks gathering what would amount to about three pounds of extraterrestrial material, using disposable gloves, aluminum foil, and glass jars on the advice of scientists who would later study the findings in detail. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>They painstakingly extracted every fleck of meteor dust they could find, using tape to peel microscopic bits off walls, and buying a new vacuum cleaner to exclusively suck up cosmic particles from the carpet, they told the Times. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe were extremely meticulous,\u201d one of the homeowners said. \u201cThe only thing we were missing were the hazmat suits.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And they told no one about the meteorite except immediate family and the scientists \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2718\">Tom Kean is back in Congress but still isn\u2019t talking<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the homeowner\u2019s quick reaction, these are the most pristine [meteorites] we know of,\u201d said Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute(a nonprofit institute that studies extraterrestrial intelligence)and NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Two years later, the secret is out. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A journal published Wednesday by ScienceAdvances details the homeowners\u2019 findings and the contents of the meteorite. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As it turns out, the fragments showed scientists that the meteorite was made of a rare and primitive material. The study also revealed that before the fragments broke off, the meteorite had been covered in brine. Meteor experts say that\u2019s a new observation and suggests the meteorite\u2019s parent asteroid had liquid water that evaporated. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Researchers said high concentrations of salt in brines could \u201ccreate molecules crucial to life on Earth.\u201d The meteorite also held a mix of soluble organic compounds, including amino acids, and compounds found in blood and used in photosynthesis in living organisms. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Does that mean we absolutely have proof of aliens now? Not so fast. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But experts say it <i>does<\/i> help scientists understand what building blocks of life may have been delivered to the early Earth. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Now that the study of the meteorite is wrapped, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City will receive some of the fragments. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled that nature delivered such a precious asteroid sample on our doorstep,\u201d museum curator Denton Ebel told CBS. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As for the meteorite\u2019s name? It wasn\u2019t New Jersey-born, but it sure was New Jersey-bred. The meteorite was named Hillsborough, for the roof it crashed through and the couple who helped preserve it. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=2716\">A young Phillies supporter led to fans being able to keep foul balls on this week in Philly history<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meteorite that crashed into a Somerset County home in 2024 contained cosmic ingredients that are considered the &quot;building blocks of life,&quot; a new study says. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-jersey","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contained \u2018alien world chemistry,\u2019 a new study says - 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