Surprise, surprise
Rosetta’s continued close study of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has revealed that electrons and not photons are responsible for the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules erupting from the surface.
Source and further reading:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Ultraviolet_study_reveals_surprises_in_comet_coma
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I read that the other day. It goes to show, if we wish to learn more about the Universe, we need to go out there with probes or even people. It would be interesting to see if Google would send out a probe, using their robotic technology
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