Donald Brownlee Quotes

Its cargo was an ancient, cosmic treasure from the very edge of the solar system ? a treasure that formed when the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago.

- Donald Brownlee

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In the coldest part of the solar system, we've found samples that have formed at extremely high temperatures. When these minerals formed, they were either red-hot or white-hot grains. - Donald Brownlee

It's not much, but still it's so much that we're almost overwhelmed. The first grain we worked on, we haven't even cut into the main part of the particle yet. - Donald Brownlee

We opened the capsule yesterday and it's just full of comet dust. - Donald Brownlee