NASA releases images of human-made crater on comet
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 21:40
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned new images of a comet showing a scar resulting from the 2005 Deep Impact mission. The images also showed the comet has a fragile and weak nucleus.
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