Showing posts with label cyanide gas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cyanide gas. Show all posts

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/