The #NewHorizons team has published their full analysis of #Arrokoth “Arrokoth is a fossil. It …

The #NewHorizons team has published their full analysis of #Arrokoth

“Arrokoth is a fossil. It has not changed for billions of years. It has been immaculately preserved, like an insect trapped in amber, in a cold, dim, stupendously serene realm of the solar system where nothing much happens, ever.”

“‘This is the best archaeological dig we’ve ever found into the history of the solar system,’ enthused Alan Stern, the scientific leader of the New Horizons team.”
#space

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/new-horizons-images-of-arrokoth-show-building-blocks-for-planets/2020/02/13/3ba09220-4dba-11ea-b721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html

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