Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Cometary Poison Gas Geyser Heralds Surprises to Come

Source - NASA Science News for Nov. 2, 2010

A surge of cyanide gas from the nucleus of Comet Hartley 2 has researchers wondering, what is going on in the core of this small but active comet? Answers are in the offing as NASA's EPOXI mission prepares for a daring flyby on Nov. 4th.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/02nov_epoxi2/

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