Philipp Heck, University of Chicago (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Philipp Heck, University of Chicago (1 of 2)

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This is University of Chicago postdoctoral scientist Philipp Heck with a sample of the Allende meteorite. The dark portions of the meteorite contain dust grains that formed before the birth of the solar system. The Allenda meteorite is of the same type as the Murchison meteorite, the subject of Heck's Astrophysical Journal study.

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Dan Dry

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