David Minton and Jay Melosh, Purdue University (IMAGE)

Purdue University

David Minton and Jay Melosh, Purdue University

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Purdue professors of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences David Minton, from left, and Jay Melosh with a section of meteorite show the round chondrules within it. Melosh and Minton were part of a research team that studied chondrules, tiny beads of solidified melted rock that are some of the solar system's earliest solids, and suggests they were created through collisions of planetary embryos.

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Purdue University/John Underwood

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