ESA's Rosetta data reveals evidence for a daily water-ice cycle on and near the surface of comets

Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 05:30 in Astronomy & Space

Comets are celestial bodies comprising a mixture of dust and ices, which they periodically shed as they swing towards their closest point to the Sun along their highly eccentric orbits.

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