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Peter Jenniskens
Coverage of Peter Jenniskens in the Nexus archive.
- New Jersey meteorite may hold key to life’s origins
A meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024 contains rare amino acids and a salty brine coating, offering insights into life's origins. Scientists identified extraterrestrial amino acids in the CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite, which is only the second of its kind to fall to Earth.