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Rosetta reveals comet’s water-ice cycle

26 September 2015

Paris (ESAESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has provided evidence for a daily water-ice cycle on and near the surface of comets. 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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