A stunning new image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows off a drab, alien landscape. Amateur astronomer Jacint Roger Perez stitched together... Read More
NASA’s Kepler telescope is best known for looking for minuscule dips in brightness around stars to spot planets. But that’s... Read More
UPDATE 6:39 am EDT: Rosetta’s mission came to an end as it gently crashed into the surface of Comet 67P.... Read More
On Friday (Sept. 2), Rosetta was within 2.7 kilometers of the comet’s surface when it captured this image. Enhance. Philae!... Read More
During Earth’s early years, comets and asteroids pummeled the planet and brought water and organic molecules with them. Billions of... Read More
Comet 67P slipped right between the spacecraft and the Sun, and the Rosetta team was ready to snap the image.... Read More
The last time the European Space Agency received a signal from Rosetta’s lander (Philae) was on July 9, 2015. Attempts... Read More
Last week, it was alcohol on Comet Lovejoy. Yesterday, it was oxygen molecules on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Oxygen joins a slew... Read More
Last year, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft reached comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. For months, Rosetta studied the sun-facing portions of the... Read More
We’ve come a long way in our understanding of comet 67p/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In March 2014, the ESA’s Rosetta probe took its... Read More
It’s called the Visible, InfraRed and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer, or VIRTIS. And it’s one of 11 science instrument packages aboard... Read More
It’s called perihelion. The time when Comet 67P makes its closest approach to the sun. ‘Close’ is relative in space.... Read More