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Rosetta discovers comet smells like rotten eggs and horse poo

New Atlas - Sun 26 Oct 14

Comets may be deep-frozen fossils that could provide clues as to the earliest days of the Solar System, but what does one smell like? Not very nice, says ESA, whose Rosetta space probe has discovered ...

Comet stinks of rotten eggs and cat wee, finds Rosetta

Newscientist - Fri 24 Oct 14

Data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe reveals that eau de comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko smells awful – but that's good news

Unlocking The Other Senses of Space

Discover Magazine - Thu 23 Oct 14

These days it's no surprise to come across a gallery of amazing astronomy images. The Hubble Space Telescope, the other NASA great observatories and space probes, the European Space Agency and ...

OSIRIS images of Rosetta's comet show spectacular streams of dust emitted into space

Phys.org - Thu 23 Oct 14

Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is beginning to show a clearly visible increase in activity. While in the past months most of the dust emitted from the body's surface seemed to originate ...

Rosetta's comet is starting to let off more gas

ScienceNews - Thu 23 Oct 14

Rosetta's close encounter with comet 67P reveals the growth of its jets and what's in the comet's surrounding haze.

'Eau de comet' is a bit of a stinker

Phys.org - Thu 23 Oct 14

Rotten eggs, horse pee, alcohol and bitter almonds: this is the bouquet of odours you would smell if a comet in deep space could be brought back to Earth, European scientists said on Thursday.

What a Comet Smells Like (Spoiler: Real Bad)

Gizmodo - Mon 27 Oct 14

Now we've gotten closer than ever to a comet in space , we can start answering serous scientific questions, like... err, what such a thing smells like?Read more...

Scientists say comets smell like hell

Engadget - Mon 27 Oct 14

Remember Rosetta? It's the European Space Agency mission to drop a probe onto Comet 67P and observe it as it passed around the sun. As the object warmed, it began to emit gasses which, using ...

The scent of a comet: rotten eggs and pee

CNET - Sun 26 Oct 14

The Rosetta spacecraft's mass spectrometers have been sniffing out the various aromas of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Scientists determine a comet's smell: awful

FOXNews - Sat 25 Oct 14

Comets stink, and not just because they have the potential to cause cataclysmic devastation if they ever came hurtling through our atmosphere and made impact with Earth.

Sorry Rosetta, Your Comet Stinks

Discovery News - Fri 24 Oct 14

To the surprise of scientists studying data from the European Rosetta mission, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is venting chemicals associated with the smell of rotten eggs, urine, alcohol, ...

Humanity sniffs its first comet: Sadly, it stinks of rotten eggs, cat pee, and stale beer

Extremetech - Fri 24 Oct 14

It turns out that comet 67P, the comet that is currently being stalked by the ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, stinks. If you just so happened to be in whiff range of the comet, you would be treated ...

ESA's Rosetta probe confirms that comet 67P really stinks

Geek.com - Fri 24 Oct 14

What does a comet smell like? That’s probably not a question you’ve ever asked yourself, but now that the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft is hovering in the ...

Comets stink: space probe finds odor of urine, rotten eggs and alcohol

ZME Science - Thu 23 Oct 14

Ever wondered how a comet smells? Well even if you could, you might wish you hadn’t: rotten eggs, horse pee, alcohol and bitter almonds are just a couple of the fragrances you could sniff. ...

OSIRIS images of Rosetta's comet show jets of activity

Astronomy.com - Fri 24 Oct 14

While in the past most of the dust emitted from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko seemed to originate from the neck region, images obtained by Rosetta’s scientific imaging system OSIRIS ...

Astronomers discover worst-smelling comet in space

UPI - Fri 24 Oct 14

Brooks HaysBERN, Switzerland, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- According to ESA's Rosetta probe and its nose-like instruments, scientist know now that comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko smells awful.

Swiss scientists determine comet's 'perfume'

AP - Thu 23 Oct 14

Rotten eggs, horse urine, formaldehyde, bitter almonds, alcohol, vinegar and a hint of sweet ether....

Swiss scientists determine comet's "perfume", R&D Mag - Thu 23 Oct 14

European Scientists Discover Smell of a Comet

SpaceDaily - Mon 27 Oct 14

Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2014 Scientists at the European Space Agency have discovered the smell of a comet: rotten eggs, urine and formaldehyde. In their blog the scientists commented, "If you ...

Chemicals Causing Comet 67P/C-G To Reek Of Urine, Rotten Eggs, Formaldehyde

RedOrbit - Fri 24 Oct 14

Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online If recent chemical signatures detected from 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta Orbiter Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) ...

The perfume of the comet

AlphaGalileo - Thu 23 Oct 14

How does a comet smell? Since early August the Rosetta Orbiter Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) is sniffing the fumes of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko with its two mass spectrometers. ...