The experts relied on the results of the study of information extracted by the spacecraft Rosetta.
The main conclusion was that comets are the remains of the early solar system, not fragments subsequent collisions of larger bodies in space.
New scientific assumption is based on the analysis of images of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko and can be used to study the evolution that took place with the Solar system.
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According to the California experts, if comets were the primary, it will help to identify how formed the Sun, and other planets. Understanding these processes is very important for understanding the evolution of the planetary system in which the Land is situated.