Rosetta's surprise discovery of oxygen on comet 67P – video report
by Guardian Staff from on (#RZEQ)
Scientists reveal the Rosetta probe has found high levels of oxygen in the atmosphere around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The unexpected data contradicts current thinking that the majority of the comet's quantity of free oxygen, which is highly reactive, over time should have combined with hydrogen to form water. The most likely answer as to why is believed to be in the 'dark nebula', the birth place of the solar system
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