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September 28, 2015

Impact produced comet's rubber duck shape: study
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2015
The characteristic "rubber duck" shape of the comet carrying a European robot probe through space was the result of a low-velocity impact billions of years ago between two objects which fused, a study said Monday. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's quirky double-lobed form left scientists scratching their heads ever since the ancient cosmic traveller first came into the Rosetta spacecraft's viewfinder last year. Was it the result of a crash, or did the central "neck" linking the comet's "head" an ... read more

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