Rare meteorite that landed in UK driveway may hold key to origins of solar system

• Date: 11 March 2021
• Published date: 11 March 2021

Scientists traced the meteorite's earthward trajectory and were able to locate one sample of the fireball on a driveway in Gloucestershire, a province in southwest England, the Guardian reported. A search has been organized for other parts of the rock.

The meteorite is classed as carbonaceous chondrite, a substance rarely seen on planet Earth. Of the more than 65,000 meteorites known to have crashed on earth, only 51 were made of the material, composed of minerals and organic compounds, including amino acids considered to be the essential building blocks of...