[BenLurkin]

A fissure spanning over 100 meters across the neck of Rosetta’s comet 67P raises the question of if, or when, the comet will breakup. The fissure is part of released studies by Rosetta scientists in the journal Science. (Image Credits: ESA/Rosetta, Illustration, T.Reyes)

[BenLurkin]

ping

[ClearCase_guy]

in the region named Hapi, between the two lobes that make 67P appear so much like a Rubber Duck

[cripplecreek]

It would be very cool to see it happen. The bonus science would more than make up for the loss of the lander.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The crack in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko bespeaks typically shoddy Russian workmanship.

[left that other site]

Ping!

[babygene]

If it broke up, would the pieces follow the same path as what is now projected?

[Steely Tom]

If an American probe had landed on it, I’m quite certain we would be blamed for the crack, and the break-up, should it occur.

[PGR88]

Global warming strikes again

[moose07]

Rubber Duckie cracking up under the pressure of all the attention! PING!

[moovova]

Pretty sure that's just a paragraph ending/beginning...

[Cowboy Bob]

If one comet breaks up, its a tragedy. If millions and billions brake up across the galaxy, its a statistic.

[Yardstick]

Maybe the lander could sort of straddle the crack and hold the comet together.

Or, it could use its drilling tool to help cleave the comet apart.

I think I vote for the latter.

[beethovenfan]

Bush’s fault.