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...