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N° 20-2020: Philae’s second touchdown site discovered at ‘skull-top’ ridge

After years of detective work, the second touchdown site of Rosetta’s Philae lander has been located on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a site that resembles the shape of a skull. Philae left its imprint in billions-of-years-old ice, revealing that the comet’s icy interior is softer than cappuccino froth.

28 OCT. 2020 publication date

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