Comet Reeks of Cat Crap and Rotten Eggs

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Comet Reeks of Cat Crap and Rotten Eggs

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Nov 3, 2014

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The Rosetta spacecraft has unexpectedly detected hydrogen sulphide and ammonia coming from Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Lee Billings reports

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Nov 3, 2014

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Leading science journalists provide a daily minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of astronomy and space exploration. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American . To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast

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