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On the Net:

NASA: http://www.nasa.gov

Deep Impact: http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm

Stardust: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

[kinoxi]

Scientists plan to activate Deep Impact later this year for a two-part mission that includes collecting data on extrasolar planets to determine whether they have rings, moons or other features. Deep Impact will become an observatory looking at distant stars already known to be orbited by giant planets.

It's amazing that a 'throw away' probe(s) can yield better data than our best Earth based instruments. This is what the article implies.

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