An "x-ray" like view of the impactor with the outer walls displayed as transparent The impactor is designed to fly itself to a sunlit portion of the comet, smashing into the celestial object at over 23,000 miles per hour (10 kilometers per second). Credit: NASA. Click to enlarge.

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