Gizmodo has news of a meteorite that crashed into a Hillsborough, New Jersey home in July 2024. A recent paper in the journal Science Advances details research into both the makeup and the potential origin of the meteorite.

Two years ago, a meteorite plummeted through Earth’s atmosphere and crashed into a New Jersey home. Now, analysis of the small fragment reveals it may have come from a rare, primitive asteroid that dates back to the early solar system.

In a new study published in Science Advances, a team of scientists traced the origin of the Hillsborough meteorite to a class of primitive rocks that preserve some of the oldest materials in the solar system. The researchers found evidence that the meteorite may have broken off from a parent asteroid rich in ancient salty water, providing clues as to how some of the ingredients for life found their way to planets like Earth.