This pair of images shows the before-and-after comparison of the part of comet Tempel 1 that was hit by the impactor from NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.
The left-hand image is a ...
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Tempel 1 Impact Site (unannotated)
Deep Impact Site in 3-D
This 3-D image, or anaglyph, shows the region where NASA's Deep Impact mission sent a probe into the surface of comet Tempel 1 in 2005. This picture was taken six years after the Deep Impact ...
Deep Impact Site in 3-D
This 3-D image, or anaglyph, shows the region where NASA's Deep Impact mission sent a probe into the surface of comet Tempel 1 in 2005. This picture was taken six years later, on Feb. 14, 2011, by ...
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First impressions of Stardust-NExT flyby of comet Tempel 1
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Sounds of a Comet Encounter
During its Feb. 14, 2011, flyby of comet Tempel 1, an instrument on the protective shield on NASA's Stardust spacecraft was pelted by dust particles and small rocks.
