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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft in March 2015. Comet 67P was the first comet ever known to emit molecular oxygen, a molecule rarely found throughout the universe because of its chemical reactivity and the difficulty in detecting it. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM

Comet 67P’s Abundant Oxygen More Of An Illusion – New Study

MessageToEagle.com | March 19, 2022

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – When the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft discovered abundant molecular oxygen bursting from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) in 2015, it puzzled scientists. They