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Rosetta’s comet sheds its coat for warmer times
Fascinating things are happening to the world’s most-watched comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as it approaches the Sun. A new study from NASA and ESA scientists published in Nature reports that by January 20, 67P shed a crust of dust built up on its surface over … Continue reading →
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Tagged 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, coma, Cometary Secondary Ion Mass Analyzer, cometary water vapor, ESA Rosetta probe, Oort Cloud, perihelion, Philae lander
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