Philae found organic molecules in its 60 hours on a comet

Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 23:00 in Astronomy & Space

In the short window of time the European Space Agency comet lander had on comet 67P/C-G, it managed to detect organic molecules. Scientists are now trying to identify whether they are the kinds of molecule that could have brought life to Earth.

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