Why Photos From Deep Space Take So Long to Get to Earth

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 17:20 in Astronomy & Space

Why did it take almost four hours for the images of comet Tempel to be beamed to Earth from space? Life's Little Mysteries explains how weather and a computer glitch got in the way.

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