Comet Churi’s nucleus observed by the Rosetta probe. Credit: Image courtesy of CNRS
The ice buried inside comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko is mainly found in crystalline form, which implies that it originated in the protosolar nebula and is therefore the same age as the Solar System. This discovery was made by an international team led by a researcher at the LAM1 (CNRS/Aix Marseille Université) and also including scientists from the Laboratoire J.-L. Lagrange, Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CNRS/ Université de Lorraine), with support from CNES. Their findings were obtained by analyzing data from the Rosina2 instrument, placed on board ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft.
Little by little, the Rosetta mission is uncovering the secrets of comets, and has now succeeded in sett...
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