Comets-spewing-oxygen club gets new member

Like 67P, Halley leaks O2, new analysis of 1986 data shows

Halley's comet

LONG-TERM LEAK  Halley’s comet, seen in this 1986 photograph, might have been leaking oxygen trapped since the formation of the planets, a new study suggest.

W. Liller, NASA

Now that oxygen has been found coming from one comet, other comets want in on the action.