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.

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