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The second touchdown site of Rosetta’s Philae lander has been located on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in a site that resembles the shape of a skull. This annotated graphic points out the various features of the 'skull'. The right eye of the skull was created by Philae as it interacted with the comet's surface.