Editing Cosmochemistry (section)

{{Short description|Study of the chemical composition of matter in the universe}}
[[File:MET00506.jpg|thumb|Meteorites are often studied as part of cosmochemistry.]]

'''Cosmochemistry''' ({{etymology|grc|''{{Wikt-lang|grc|κόσμος}}'' ({{grc-transl|κόσμος}})|universe||''{{Wikt-lang|grc|χημεία}}'' ({{grc-transl|χημεία}})|chemistry}}) or '''chemical cosmology''' is the study of the chemical composition of matter in the [[universe]] and the processes that led to those compositions.<ref name=McSween>{{cite book|last1=McSween|first1=Harry|title=Cosmochemistry|date=2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-87862-3|last2=Huss |first2=Gary|edition=1st}}</ref> This is done primarily through the study of the chemical composition of [[meteorite]]s and other physical samples. Given that the [[asteroid]] parent bodies of meteorites were some of the first solid material to condense from the early [[nebular hypothesis|solar nebula]], cosmochemists are generally, but not exclusively, concerned with the objects contained within the [[Solar System]].