Rosetta comet boffins: We can explain why there's a rubber ducky IN SPAAACE

Findings from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe solved the riddle of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's unusual shape. They have proof that the comet is in fact two planetary bodies joined at the hip. ESA's Rosetta probe took ten years to reach its target last July and, when it did, the science team had a bit of a shock …

[wdmot]

Ogres

"You can imagine the layering a bit like an onion, except in this case we are considering two separate onions of differing size"

Right, then, it's not a duck, it's conjoined twin ogres.

[DropBear]

Re: Ogres

Ok, but which one is Churyumov and which one is Gerasimenko...?!?

[Your alien overlord - fear me]

Duh, it's obviously the Martians rubber duck when they had a decent supply of water.

[Hero Protagonist]

"the comet is in fact two planetary bodies joined at the hip."

Joined at the neck, shurely?

[Anonymous Coward]

Call for witnesses

Oort Cloud Police are calling for any witnesses who saw the impact and are willing to make a statement.

[Robin]

Re: Call for witnesses

"Oort Cloud Police are calling for any witnesses who saw the impact and are willing to make a statement."

That was terrible, get oort of here

[Rustident Spaceniak]

Two bodies joined in eternal embrace?

So what would they be in egyptian lore - Isis and Osiris maybe?

Paris 'cos it's not Helen.

[Stevie]

Bah!

What a shame NASA grabbed all the space glory yesterday.

Too slow, Euroboffins, too slow. This is what comes of using only Sinclair Spectrums for image processing.

NASA upgraded to 486's two years ago. Three of them, to be precise.

[Brian Souder 1]

Sweet! I Win

Called it - I win the pool. lol

[Mark 85]

So it's not really rubber... maybe someone's lawn ornament that got blown off into space? On second thought... can't be as it's not wearing a stylish scarf and hat.

[Anonymous Coward]

Rush Limbught thus sayeth:

It is all a left wing conspiracy to increase taxes.