Europe's comet-chasing space probe Rosetta dipped out of orbit Friday with a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it's been following for more than a decade. Its final radio ...
On Sept. 30, 2016, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft purposely crashed into a comet. Rosetta launched in 2004 and spent 10 years chasing down Comet 67P, a rubber-duck-shaped space rock ...
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Radio signals from a comet leave scientists puzzled
In a surprising twist to our understanding of comets, mysterious radio signals have been detected emanating from comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. These signals, recorded at frequencies between 40 and ...
BERLIN, Germany -- Europe's comet-chasing space probe Rosetta performed its final task Friday, dipping out of orbit for a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it's been following ...
The cliffside collapse created about 2,000 tonnes of rubble, 99 percent of which settled at the foot of the precipice. In 2015, Europe's Rosetta spacecraft witnessed -- and photographed -- a big one ...
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft and its Philae lander delivered the first close-up study of a comet’s surface and composition. At comet 67P⁄Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the mission uncovered complex organic ...
An obscure but fascinating discovery was announced this week regarding Comet 67P/C-G, the 2.5 mile wide (4 km) island of dusty ice orbiting the Sun under the gaze of the Rosetta spacecraft. Water ice ...
Flying roughly 6 km above the surface of the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe has taken some incredibly unique images of the comet’s surface unseen until now.
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