Nasa's Comet Flyby Gives Scientists Plenty to Contemplate

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LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Scientists say initial images from a NASA flyby of the comet Hartley 2 last Thursday provide new information about the comet's volume and material spewing from it surface.

"The spacecraft has provided the most extensive observations of a comet in history," said Ed Weiler, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

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Nasa's Comet Flyby Gives Scientists Plenty to Contemplate

NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartl...

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