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back to article Update - Boffins: COMETS are like FRIED ICE CREAM. Mmm

Boffins working for Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have created comet-like stuff in a cryostat. Along the way, they've decided that your average comet is kind of like fried ice-cream: squishy on the inside, crusty on the outside, with organic chemicals dusted on top. Both the ESA's Rosetta and NASA's Deep Impact …

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  1. Mark 85

    I suppose then that hot fudge syrup and sprinkles wouldn't make them taste good then? Interesting analogy they used to say the least but the results of the science are mind-blowing.

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  2. Khaptain Silver badge
    Facepalm

    I read that wrong

    I read that as "Comments are like fried ice-cream" . I thought this was going to be about the ephemeral nature of thread comments....

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  3. Zog_but_not_the_first
    Boffin

    Wonderful

    Specifically a "Fab". But you'll need a "Zoom" to get to one.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Alien

    I'VE KNOWN THAT FOR YEARS.

    Have the scientists finally read "Lucifer's Hammer" ??

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  5. tony2heads

    comet demo

    Know a guy who did science demo's with his version being:

    Dry Ice

    Water (freezes with dry ice)

    dusted with instant coffee granules.

    Seemed to match the spectroscopy quite well

    More like iced coffee than fried icecream.

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  6. Mystic Megabyte
    Alien

    No sale

    In space no-one can hear your ice-cream van :(

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  7. Graham Marsden
    Coat

    But...

    ... what flavour?

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  8. Little Mouse

    Mmmmm

    Their description sounds more like a Baked Alaska with sprinkles.

    Or maybe a sunburnt Vienetta.

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  10. Martin
    WTF?

    Fairy floss?

    Here in England, it was always called candy floss when I was a kid. Never heard of fairy floss.

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  11. MonkeyFeet

    Halley's cornet

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  12. Stevie

    Bah!

    So, in texture it is more like a fried Mars bar then?

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