Did you know oxygen was found in a comet?

2015-10-28T20:14:15-04:00

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-oxygen-rosetta-comet-20151027-story.html

Oxygen found on Rosetta's comet: 'Most surprising discovery so far'

Scientists from the Rosetta mission have found oxygen in the atmosphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko &mdash;&nbsp;a discovery that could change our understanding of&nbsp;how the solar system formed.&nbsp;

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made Oct 28 at 2015 8:17 PM

2015-10-28T20:17:37-04:00

Interesting --- thanks for posting SSgt Alex Robinson!

Response by SN Greg Wright made Oct 28 at 2015 11:16 PM

2015-10-28T23:16:36-04:00

SSgt Alex Robinson I'm not sure why this is news. We know that the asteroid belt contains every single element known to us, and maybe some that aren't. O2 would be no surprise, I would think. There'll be plenty of water, too. And metals. There's asteroids out there worth more than the entire economic output of the human race to date.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Oct 29 at 2015 1:00 AM

2015-10-29T01:00:15-04:00

Interesting read. Perhaps this is another discovery into the history of our universe?