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发帖数: 11530 | 1 A close-up with a comet
by Staff Writers
Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 12, 2014
On Nov. 12 a robotic lander called Philae is scheduled to touch down on a
comet, following a journey of 10 years and more than 3.7 billion miles. The
mission aims to provide insights into how the solar system evolved, and
whether comet impacts helped form Earth's oceans and brought chemical
precursors of life. (Image courtesy of European Space Agency).
Even as Tom Economou approached retirement age in 1994, he began planning ... 阅读全帖 |
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