In July 2024, a meteorite fell through the roof of a New Jersey home and into the hands of science — preserved by a careful homeowner and later revealed to contain ancient brine, amino acids, and organic molecules that mirror the chemistry of living things. Classified as only the second recorded fall of its rare type, the CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite has given researchers a window into the deep past, when asteroids may have carried life's raw ingredients across the void to a young Earth. The findings invite us to reconsider the oldest question of all: whether the origins of life are not a stor