The 2004 crash-landing of a returning NASA space capsule in the deserts of Utah had scientists fearing for a while that samples collected by the Genesis mission, sent to capture particles from the sun's solar wind, were lost.
But much of the collected material survived the crash, and it's now turning up surprises: discrepancies between the composition of the sun and the inner solar system, which contains the sun's four closest planets, including Earth.
But much of the collected material survived the crash, and it's now turning up surprises: discrepancies between the composition of the sun and the inner solar system, which contains the sun's four closest planets, including Earth.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-genesis-solar-wind-20110510,0,223105.story
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times -Greenspace by Amina Khan
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times -Greenspace by Amina Khan
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