Globe Editorial
ENGLISH GETS its word comet from the Greek word for long-haired. On Jan. 15, a NASA spacecraft that had sailed through the long hair of a comet sent back to Earth a canister with dust from that fly-by. Last week scientists opened the container and, to their joy, found thousands of dust samples that will provide clues to the formation ... (Full article: 461 words)
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