Allende meteorite (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Allende meteorite

Caption

A cross-section of a piece of the Allende meteorite. The beads of glass inside these meteorites are called chondrules. Scientists think they are bits of rock left over from the debris that was floating around billions of years ago, which eventually coalesced into the planets we now know and love.

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James St. John/CC-by-2.0.

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