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Donald Brownlee, University of Washington

Caption: University of Washington astronomer Donald Brownlee examines a particle from comet Wild 2 using an electron microscope. Brownlee is principal investigator for the Stardust mission, which captured material from Wild 2 and then returned to Earth in January 2006.

Credit: Mary Levin/University of Washington

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