Rosetta Comet releasing more water as it gets closer to the Sun

ENN
Jan 27, 2015, 8:41 am27 pts
There has been a significant increase in the amount of water "pouring" out of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet on which the Rosetta mission's Philae lander touched down in November 2014. The 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer) comet was releasing the earthly equivalent of 40 ounces (1.2 liters) of water into…

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