4 Quotes by Jessica Sunshine

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    We have known for a long time that water ice exists in comets, but this is the first evidence of water ice on comets.

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    Understanding a comet's water cycle and supply is critical to understanding these bodies as a system and as a possible source that delivered water to Earth.

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    It's not uniformly distributed ... it's not like it's hiding in the dirt and we just didn't see it.

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    The common expectation was that water would be all over the surface. But what we found was that it was in small, discrete areas.

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