A 4.6-billion-year-old meteorite could reveal the origins of life on Earth
The small meteorite in the UK comes from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The 4.6bn-year-old space rock found by Derek Robson in March. Credit: Loughborough University
A small ancient meteorite- almost 4.6 billion-year-old is likely the debris from the birth of the solar system. This 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite, found in the imprint of a horseshoe, trail carved in a field in Gloucester, could explain the origin of life on Earth.
According to scientists, this small charcoal-colored space rock is a rare example of a carbonaceous chondrite. Carbonaceous chondrite is a class of chondrites that offer insights into the early history of the solar system. About 3 percent of all meteorites which fall to Earth belong to this classification, i.e., Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
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