How Asteroid Fragments are Processed (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

How Asteroid Fragments are Processed

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A zoomed-out image of a speck of Murchison meteorite (about 4 micrograms) mounted onto gold foil, inside a glass ampoule. This was taken as NASA Goddard astrochemists were about to execute their hot water extraction procedure to liberate any organic compounds that can dissolve in water.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Eric T. Parker

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