Those wacky scientists made me smile.
Full story
Cool pictures from NASA site.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html
About 12 hours after the barrel-sized Deep Impact space probe smashed into a comet half the size of Manhattan, scientists showed off dramatic, sci-fi-like images. Photos shot by the impactor probe as it awaited its suicidal collision revealed for the first time the surface of the comet Tempel 1 as it closed in at 23,000 mph.
The close-ups revealed not so much the pickle-shaped comet that scientists originally thought, but one that looked more like a potato, lumpy and pocked. Michael A'Hearn, an astronomer at the University of Maryland and Deep Impact principal investigator, likened it to a muffin or loaf of bread.
Full story
Cool pictures from NASA site.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html