{
  "id": 313675,
  "title": "Meteorite that smashed through a New Jersey roof reveals clues to life’s origins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/meteorite-that-smashed-through-a-new-jersey-roof-reveals-clues-to",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-08T14:58:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260807035145.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A meteorite weighing over two pounds struck the roof of a home in Hillsborough, New Jersey on July 16, 2024, as a meteor streaked across the New York City area, creating a sonic boom. The recovered meteorite, belonging to the primitive CM-type carbonaceous chondrite family, contained bits preserved near the surface of its parent asteroid, experiencing concentrated salty fluids in a process previously not observed in this type of proto-planet world. The meteorite was classified as a CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite, placing it between the petrographic CM1 and CM2 categories and marking only the 22nd observed fall involving a CM-type meteorite.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}