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Cosmochemistry
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<p>Cosmochemistry or chemical cosmology is the study of the chemical composition of matter in the <a href="/facts/Universe/XbfpnDmM">universe</a> and the processes that led to those compositions. This is done primarily through the study of the chemical composition of <a href="/facts/Meteorite/NsmHlBlX">meteorites</a> and other physical samples. Given that the <a href="/facts/Asteroid/g7Ulr1VB">asteroid</a> parent bodies of meteorites were some of the first solid material to condense from the early <a href="/facts/Nebular_hypothesis/IT3D6MpE">solar nebula</a>, cosmochemists are generally, but not exclusively, concerned with the objects contained within the <a href="/facts/Solar_System/QIcLSazQ">Solar System</a>. </p>