Tuesday, 24 November 2015

NEOWISE Identifies Greenhouse Gases in Comets

An expanded view of comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) is shown here.

Data from NASA's NEOWISE mission are giving new insights into comet dust, nucleus sizes, and production rates for difficult-to-observe gases like carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.





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