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The Vomit Comet

Posted by: Andrew Kuh, Posted on: 11 April 2016 - Categories: Earth from space, Education

This week the Open University released the second in a series of excellent primers on microgravity – this time, looking at how the evocatively nicknamed Vomit Comet – AKA parabolic flights – can help scientists understand how planets form.

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