Another Rosetta first! Water ice found on the surface of comet 67P

Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 19:20 in Astronomy & Space

For the first time, scientists have spotted large patches of water ice on the surface of a comet, thanks to instruments aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter. The finding, published Wednesday in Nature, solves a long-standing mystery about water ice in comets. Scientists already knew...

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