Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Oxygen found on Rosetta's comet: 'Most surprising discovery so far'

Scientists from the Rosetta mission have found oxygen in the atmosphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — a discovery that could change our understanding of how the solar system formed. 

The molecular oxygen (O2) was detected by the ROSINA mass spectrometer, one of a suite of instruments aboard...



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/1NBczKq

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