Meteorite that crashed into NJ home holds building blocks of life, scientists say

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Avi Loeb, a Harvard theoretical physicist, discusses newly released Pentagon UFO files, highlighting remarkable sightings from 2023 involving mysterious "mother orbs" observed by law enforcement officials. Loeb states 40% of these phenomena remain unexplained, raising national security concerns about potential adversarial technologies or even extraterrestrial origins, labeling it the "biggest discovery ever made by humanity." A meteorite that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home two years ago contains some of the building blocks of life, scientists say — and is among the rarest space rocks ever recovered. The meteorite fell in Hillsborough, New Jersey, on July 16, 2024, and is the subject of a recent study published in Science Advances on July 15 — just in time for its two-year anniversary on Earth. The homeowner heard a "loud crash" at the