Meteorite Hunters Journey to Mississippi to Gather Artifacts From the Sky

Meteorites contain a large variety of nucleobases, an essential building block of DNA. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith

Since he began collecting meteorites five years ago, Roberto Vargas has made several pilgrimages to hunt for cosmic stones that—for him—hold the secrets of life itself.

“They can help understand our origins,” Vargas told The Epoch Times. “They can help us understand the origins of our planet, and whether there is life on other planets.”