Comets
Deep Impact Has Its Target in View
NASA's Deep Impact took its first photograph of its cometary target, Comet Temple 1, which it will smash into in…
Rosetta Can “Smell” a Comet
One experiment on board the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will let it cook particles from a comet in a…
Did Comets Create the Earth’s Oceans?
Where did the world's oceans come from? Some scientists believe all that water was originally locked into rocks, and slowly…
Rosetta Focuses on LINEAR
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is scheduled to meet up with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 10 years. It'll get to…
SOHO Has Seen 750 Comets
On March 22, 2004, the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory spacecraft observed its 750th comet since its launch in late 1995.…
Landing on a Comet
When the ESA's Rosetta spacecraft reaches Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, it will send down the Philae lander to the surface. Landing on…
New Detail on Cometary Jets Seen By Stardust
When NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew through the tail of Comet Wild-2, it took some of the most detailed images ever…
Rosetta Lander Named Philae
The European Space Agency has given the lander portion of the Rosetta mission a name: Philae. This is the name…
Rosetta Launch Date Approaching
At the end of February 2004, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is expected to launch on board an Ariane…
Rosetta Will Launch in a Month
In one month from now, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will finally head into space on board an Ariane…