- Research is being conducted to see if the discovered molecules are complex compounds like amino acids or simple ones like methane and methanol
- One of the main missions of the probe was was to ascertain if complex organic molecules, which could have helped create Earth billions of years ago, existed on comets
- Prior to falling silent, the probe was able to transmit all science data gathered during the First Science Sequence
Philae Discovers Organic Molecules On The Surface Of The Comet
11. 18. 14 by Andreea Popescu