Philae search gives ESA insights into “fluffy” ice comet interior – SpaceWatch.Global

Graphic: ESA
Luxembourg, 28 October 2020. The fate of Rosettas Philae lander on a remote comet is now clearer: it got stuck in ice.
After years of detective work, the European Space Agency (ESA) said today, the second touchdown site of the lander has been located on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a site that resembles the shape of a skull.
Philae left its imprint in billions-of-years-old ice, revealing that the comets icy interior is softer than cappuccino froth, ESA said.
Philae descended to…

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