Philae Probe Finds Organic Molecules On Comet

In a series of recently published papers in the journal Science, researchers have revealed some of the initial findings from the probe Philae’s landing on the comet 67P, including numerous organic compounds on the surface that are known to contribute to the basic building blocks of life.

Despite some unpredictable events during the Philae probe’s exploration of the comet known as 67P, it has still managed to send back a large amount of valuable data.  

Many of the findings were recently published in a series of papers in the journal Science.

Among them is a description of the comet as a body of matter which turns out to be relatively porous and uniform on the inside but diverse in content on the outsi