“Deep Impact” lecture to explain what’s inside a comet

Release Date: 2006-03-03

For Immediate Release

Scientists believed comets were filled with ice, dust and perhaps the building blocks of life, but traditionally their make-up had been a mystery. It wasn’t until the 2005 NASA Deep Impact mission that scientists were finally allowed their first peek inside a comet.

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