Oxygen found on Rosetta's comet: 'Most surprising discovery so far'
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 13:50
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists from the Rosetta mission have found oxygen in the atmosphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko — a discovery that could change our understanding of how the solar system formed. The molecular oxygen (O2) was detected by the ROSINA mass spectrometer, one of a suite of instruments aboard...