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107 months ago
Yahoo It won't be visible to the naked eye, however.
111 months ago
io9 This comet is undeniably strange.
Rosetta's Comet Is Even Weirder Than We Thought
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If you thought a comet that contains the building blocks of life and creates its own weather couldn’t get any more interesting, think again. Scientists finally have a theory as to why comet 67P—also known as Rosetta’s comet—has two distinct l
Read more ... obes. It’s actually two distinct comets, which break up, o...
118 months ago
Mother Nature Network Act fast -- here for the next few weeks, this comet then leaves our solar system forever.
123 months ago
HuffPost Science & Tech Go home comet, you're drunk.
125 months ago
I fucking love science
Rosetta Sees Evidence Of Active Water-Ice Cycle On Comet 67P
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ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has spent the last year orbiting and studying a comet up close. Its target: Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Comet 67P for short). Comets, just like any other body in the Solar System, have a day-night cycle. On Earth, ther
Read more ... e are 24 hours in one day, but on Comet 67P the same…
126 months ago
I fucking love science Scientists think they've figured out why this comet is shaped so weirdly.
Why Is This Comet Shaped Like A Duck?
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Last year, the ESA-led Rosetta mission made history by being the first spacecraft to orbit a comet and deploy a lander to its surface. The robotic probe has spent the last 12 months orbiting a comet – officially named Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk
Read more ... o, or Comet 67P for short – from varying altitudes,…
126 months ago
Daily Mail Craig Ison says 'that’ll do me' (via Daily Mail Australia)
128 months ago
Slate.com Comet 67P is tricky. It turns a coy face, used a little bit of shadow, and boom! It looks like a different comet altogether.
A Comet Throws Its Own Shade
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The folks at the European Space Agency released a new picture of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and I have to admit that it threw me. Huh. That’s the comet? Where’s the second lobe? For a second I thought we were just seeing it end-on, so that
Read more ... the bi-lobed rubber ducky shape wasn’t...
130 months ago
The New York Times On the surface of Comet 67P, there are even what looks like ripples of sand dunes like those seen on Earth and Mars. That appears befuddling, as a comet has no atmosphere — and so no wind— and only a wisp of gravity.
134 months ago
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