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THREE missions have been gathering a treasure trove of data on the nature of space rocks in the solar system, making unexpected findings that may shed new light on how Earth formed.
Earlier this year, NASA’s New Horizons probe flew by MU69, the most distant rock we have visited. This tiny world is made up of two lobes, and looks a bit like two pancakes stuck edge to edge. Results presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas last week show that both lobes are covered in organic …
source: newscientist.com