Scientists Strike Scientific Gold with Sutter's Mill Meteorite
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
An important discovery has been made concerning the possible inventory of molecules available to the early Earth. Scientists led by Sandra Pizzarello, a research professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, found that the Sutter's Mill meteorite, which exploded in a blazing fireball over California last year, contains organic molecules not previously found in any meteorites.