Kathrin Altwegg

Comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko Reveals Origins of Water May Not be From Comets

Medicine & Technology Dec 11, 2014

After an arduous ten year journey throughout some tough terrain of space, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission set records this past summer for being the first spacecraft to orbit a comet in mid-flight. And while many expected the mission to reveal a bit more insight into the behavior and composition of comets from the outer edges of our solar system, no one expected to learn exactly how Earth came to be so unique and the perfect host to life, only three planets away from our sun.

Kathrin Altwegg

Comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko Reveals Origins of Water May Not be From Comets

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