Map of Comet Tempel 1 10.02.06 -- Arrows a and b point to large, smooth regions on comet Tempel 1. The impact site for Deep Impact's impactor is indicated by the third large arrow.

A NASA space probe slammed into a comet early Monday, capping a six-month mission that researchers hope will give them new clues about the birth of our solar system.

Deep Impact is an ongoing NASA space probe launched on January 12, 2005 that was designed to study the composition of the interior of the comet 9P/Tempel (old-style name "P/Tempel ...

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NASA's Deep Impact probe collided with the comet Tempel 1 on Monday, as intended by scientists. The collision took place at 5:45 UTC and NASA held a press briefing shortly after at ...

NASA?s Deep Impact probe is speeding toward an early Monday collision with a comet in a mission that could offer new insight into how the universe was formed.

NASA?s Deep Impact spacecraft has let loose a probe destined to crash into a comet in what researchers hope will be an explosive Fourth of July in space.

Planning spectacular fireworks this Fourth of July, space scientists intend to slam a probe into comet Tempel 1, causing an explosion that may be visible on Earth.

A recycled comet-smashing probe is hunting planets. ... An artist's illustrates a close-up look at NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.

When it comes to space exploration, where scientists often measure their needs in milli-this and micro-that, Deep Impact, as its name suggests, has all the subtlety of a punch in ...