Comets
Rosetta’s Comet, Now in 3-D
You always have a pair of those cardboard red-blue 3-D glasses by your desk, right? Well, grab them and take…
Rosetta’s Comet Already Spewing Dust, One Year Before Getting Close To The Sun
Mark your calendars, astronomy geeks: exactly one year from today, the comet the Rosetta spacecraft is chasing will make its…
Some Of Comet ISON’s Organic Materials Arose In An Unexpected Place
While Comet ISON's breakup around Thanksgiving last year disappointed many amateur observers, its flight through the inner solar system beforehand…
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Coma Dust Collection Science starts for Rosetta at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
With the historic arrival of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft at destination Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko flawlessly accomplished on August…
Photo Gallery: Step Right Up And Tour Rosetta’s Comet! Where Shall We Land?
What's one of the first things you do when arriving at a new destination? Likely it would be scoping out…
ISEE-3 Completes Lunar Flyby, Begins a Citizen Science Program
The journey began on August 12, 1978 from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II launch vehicle. Now after 36 years…
What’s Ahead for Rosetta – ‘Finding a Landing Strip’ on Bizarre Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Where would you land here? Newly released NAVCAM image taken by Rosetta on 5 August 2014 from a distance of…
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Rosetta Arrives at ‘Scientific Disneyland’ for Ambitious Study of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after 10 Year Voyage
The image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 3 August 2014 from a distance of…
Stunning Images from Rosetta Show Closeup Views of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Rosetta has arrived! After traveling more than ten years, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft reached comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. These most recent images shared…
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Rosetta on Final Approach to Historic Comet Rendezvous – Watch Live Here
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft on final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in early August 2014. This collage of navcam imagery from Rosetta…