We Now Know What Caused the Weird Erruptions Rosetta's Comet

We Now Know What Caused the Weird Erruptions Rosetta's Comet
Image: OSIRIS: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; NavCam: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam

Last summer, something strange happened on Rosetta’s comet. After a period of calm, the comet began erupting, throwing huge jets of comet dust into space before abruptly stopping. Now, we finally know what happened.

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Source: Gizmodo – We Now Know What Caused the Weird Erruptions Rosetta’s Comet