European Probe Makes Historic Comet Landing

The European Space Agency has successfully landed a robotic probe on a speeding comet billions of kilometers from Earth. The historic first for space exploration is an attempt to answer questions about the origin of the universe. By exploring 67P, scientists hope to get insights into the earliest phases of our solar system and maybe even the origins of life on Earth.  Rosetta and the Philae craft have cameras and nearly two dozen instruments to probe the comet's surface - and...

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