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Sep 21, 2005

Deep Impact Comet May Have Formed in Giant Planets Region

Comet Tempel-1 may have been born in the region of the solar system occupied by Uranus and Neptune today, according to one possibility from an analysis of the comet's debris blasted into space by NASA's Deep Impact mission. ...

Jul 5, 2005

NASA Swift Satellite Offers a Different View of the Great Comet Collision

Scientists using the Swift satellite witnessed a tale of fire and ice today, as NASA's Deep Impact probe slammed into the frozen comet Tempel 1. The collision briefly lit the dim comet's surface and exposed, for the first ...

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