Topic: Probe Hits Comet

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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Six months after it blasted off from Earth, the Deep Impact spacecraft is poised to meet its cosmic fate -- in a hyper-speed smashup with a comet.

Early Monday, NASA scientists will steer a probe about the size of a washing machine directly into the path of a comet about half the size of Manhattan, and watch the two collide.

The impact could yield an explosion equivalent to five tons of TNT and a modest flash in the sky visible from Earth.

Scientists hope the collision -- and what comes out of it -- will unlock the inner workings of comets...

Cnn.com

[lil`Sara]

:ohmy: that's super cool!