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Did We All Descend From Comets? We’re About to Find Out

UP IN SPACE

The awakening of a comet lander called Philea has the potential to unlock the world’s great mystery: the origin of life.

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After seven months in darkness, the first man-made object to land on a comet has, metaphorically, risen from the dead.

Philae—a spider-like lander the size of a washing machine—descended on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

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