Images from ESA's Rosetta mission show, in real time, the processes that sculpt the surface of a comet, which is revealed to have a pristine icy interior surrounded by an evolved surface.
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Delbo, M. Comets: Exposing the icy interior of 67P. Nat Astron 1, 0126 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0126
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