Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Rosetta's Singing Comet

Sound wave superimposed on an image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko



We've seen early images of comet 67P, and now we're able to "hear it sing," thanks to instruments on the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft.










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