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Science on the Surface of a Comet

Descending to a comet
EU–(ENEWSPF)–30 July 2015.  Complex molecules that could be key building blocks of life, the daily rise and fall of temperature, and an assessment of the surface properties and internal structure of the comet are just some of the highlights of the first scientific analysis of the data returned by Rosetta’s lander Philae last November.  

Early results from Philae’s first suite of scientific observations of Comet 67P/Churyumov­-Gerasimenko were published today in…

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