Link: Peanut-shaped comet spews cyanide. Suggested name: Jimmy Carter-1. #rsrh
Clipped from www.latimes.com
Space probe captures ‘amazing’ images of comet Hartley 2
Deep Impact’s fly-by reveals a small, peanut-shaped comet that has been spitting out cyanide for days.
The Hartley 2 comet. The Deep Impact space probe fly-by was only the fifth time a spacecraft has had such a close look at a comet.
(NASA)