Comet Puffs And Space-Probe Snaps It | Video
Monday, April 20, 2015 - 11:30
in Astronomy & Space
Rosetta’s OSIRIS imager captured the birth of a dust stream through successive images 2 minutes apart. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is 'waking up' as it approaches the Sun. The puff from a shadowed region of the comet surprised scientists.