ITHACA, New York, March 4 -- Cornell University posted the following news:

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Spacecraft image center brings the universe to NYS

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On a hot day in August 2024, Zoe Learner Ponterio challenged the kids at Camp Beyond Binary in Deposit, New York, to build a comet using potting soil, water, salt, corn syrup and vinegar. The campers enthusiastically mixed up a goo that, with the addition of dry ice, transformed into a hard, comet-like ball.