Re: Meteorite that crashed through New Jersey house could hold the clues to life's origins

"Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> The handedness ratio of the amino acids is a critical clue to their 
> origin, whether it's biological or random. Biology assembles molecules on 
> an enzyme framework that aligns the atoms the same way each time.

There may be natural processes that affect molecular chirality (handedness).
https://chiralpedia.com/blog/chirality-in-space-cosmic-asymmetry-and-the-origins-of-life/

Our blue sky is an example of natural light polarization by dust particles, 
which you can observe through polarized sunglasses. The polarization is 
strongest at a right angle to the sun. Polarized glasses can minimize glare 
because the sun's low angle reflection from a car hood or water is 
polarized.

https://www.polarization.com/sky/sky.html

The history of science has shown that Aristotle was wrong, his preference 
for theory over experiment stifled scientific progress for ~2000 years, we 
don't understand things until we can precisely measure them. Thus we still 
guess about dark energy and matter to explain conflicting observations 
beyond our reach. The enablers of modern science are precision instruments; 
the weighing balance, chronometer clock to measure time intervals and 
instrument screw thread to measure distance and angle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw-cutting_lathe
"The first truly modern screw-cutting lathe was likely constructed by Jesse 
Ramsden in 1775."