Caves seen on the surface of a comet for the first time

by ARKANSAS DIGITAL NEWS


Caves on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The caves on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

CNES/ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS/Guillaume Faury et al.

We have spotted caves on a comet for the first time. The caves, identified on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – also known as comet 67P – are full of ice, which could help explain mysterious jets that astronomers have seen coming from the comet.

While we know roughly what comets are made of – commonly rock, ice and frozen gases – we don’t know much about their internal structure. Caves could offer an easy access point for scientists to learn about this interior, but unlike many planets and bodies in…



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