Saturday, August 02, 2014

Amazing New Photo of ESA's Rosetta Comet


NASA Science News for August 2, 2014

As the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft closes to within 1000 km of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the Rosetta science team has released a new image and temperature measurements of the comet's core. The temperature data show that 67P is too hot to be covered in ice and must instead have a dark, dusty crust.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/02aug_rosetta/

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