#Rainbow comet with a heart of sponge

“#Rainbow comet with a heart of sponge” Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CONSERT A permeable heart with a hardened facade—the resting place of Rosetta’s lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is revealing more about the interior of the “rubber duck” shaped-body looping around the Sun. A recent study suggests that the comet’s interior is more porous than the material near the…

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