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3rd June 2015, 05:10
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-rosetta-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=49263)2 Jun 2015 - NASA Instrument on Rosetta Makes Comet Atmosphere Discovery
Electrons close to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko -- not photons from the sun, as had been believed -- cause the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules spewing from the comet's surface.


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