Cosmic time capsules: the search for pristine comets

Physics World Stories Podcast by Physics World

Jan 23, 202651:40Science & Medicine

In this episode of Physics World Stories , host Andrew Glester explores the fascinating hunt for pristine comets – icy bodies that preserve material from the solar system’s beginnings and even earlier. Unlike more famili...

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