Data show that water ice was on the surface of Comet Tempel 1.
When Deep Impact smashed into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, it released the ingredients of our solar system's primordial "soup."
Sequence of images obtained roughly every 4 hours from June 10 through July 3.
› View This VideoSeries of 11 images from June 27 that show a full rotation of the nucleus.
› View This VideoSeries of 11 images from June 27 that show a full rotation of the nucleus.
› View This VideoThis movie is made up of images taken by Deep Impact's flyby spacecraft.