Space rocks impacted this Costa Rican village in more ways than one

There are treasures buried underground, like gold, silver, and diamonds--and then there is manna from heaven. Last year, a meteorite impact in Costa Rica stirred up a frenzied hunt for the precious fragments and attracted collectors from around the world. The meteorite—a rare type known as a carbonaceous chondrite—may contain complex organic molecules that gave life on Earth a headstart. To understand why, one must consider the epic journey that the meteorite, called Aguas Zarcas, took before arriving at its final destination.

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Credits

PRODUCER/EDITOR
Joel Goldberg

STORY BY
Joshua Sokol

ORIGINAL GRAPHICS
Val Altounian

COSTA RICA PHOTOGRAPHY

Andrea Solano Benavides

SPECIAL THANKS
Meagan Cantwell
Eric Hand
Philipp Heck
Andrea Solano Benavides

IMAGES
Australia Post
Euan Garvie
Google Search
Grupo Nación
Laurence Garvie/Center for Meteorite Studies/
Arizona State University
Field Museum
Gillick Family
Michael Farmer
Yoshihiro Furukawa
Philipp Heck
H. Imachi/M.K. Nobu/JAMSTEC
Mattinbgn/Wikimedia Commons
Money Metals/Flickr
Museums Victoria
NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
NASA/Scientific Visualization Studio
Bill Saxton/NSF/AUI/NRAO
Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart/Wikimedia Commons
United States Department of Energy
Ancheta Wis/Wikimedia Commons

FOOTAGE
Field Museum
ISAS/JAXA
Amina Khan/NSF
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center(GSFC)/
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NASA/GSFC/Conceptual Image Lab
NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
NASA/Scientific Visualization Studio
Red Sismológica Nacional, Costa Rica
Xin Yang/Field Museum

STOCK FOOTAGE
Pond5

MUSIC
“Jingleheimer” by Chris Burns
“Space Babiez” by Chris Burns
“Squeaky Pete” by Chris Burns
“Sleepy West” by JHS Pedals

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