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 that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P/C-G) has the aroma of rotten eggs and horse dung... Continue Reading Rosetta discovers comet smells like rotten eggs and horse poo
Section: Space
Tags: Comets, ESA, Rosetta, Smell
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