PIA18917: Making Comets with 'Himalaya'
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, use a cryostat instrument, nicknamed 'Himalaya,' to study the icy conditions under which comets form.
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Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, use a cryostat instrument, nicknamed "Himalaya," to study the icy conditions under which comets form.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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2015-02-10