the Probe "Rosetta", engaged in the study of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko made the discovery, which scientists thought was impossible, reports "RIA Novosti". In the gas tail of a celestial body probe found molecular oxygen, which is there since the birth of the Solar system.

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the Probe "Rosetta", engaged in the study of the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko made the discovery, which scientists thought was impossible, reports "RIA Novosti". In the gas tail of a celestial body probe found molecular oxygen, which is there since the birth of the Solar system.

the Discovery actually was made in August of last year with a spectrometer ROSINA. But scientists long believed in his testimony and suggested that in the device entered the earth's oxygen. However, with the approach of the probe to the comet, all doubts dissipated. It was found that the concentration and mass of all other elements in the comet's tail oxygen is in fourth place. Comet ate them at the stage of formation of the Solar system under the influence of cosmic rays.

the Conclusion from this discovery comes down to two important things: comets — samples of primordial matter from which the Solar system is built and that will help us learn more about the origin of the planets; the presence of traces of oxygen in the radiation of distant planets cannot be considered as the traces of life, because these molecules arise on the "dead" comets.