Three years ago a spacecraft dive-bombed into the ground, sending up a fountain of materials for telescopes to study. Rather than solid rock, the body turned out to be a loosely packed powder containing organic materials and -- surprisingly -- clays and carbonates, which presumably need water to form. That poses a bit of a conundrum since this piece of real estate formed in the deep freeze of the solar system’s back yard. Where am I?

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