Rosetta
Rosetta’s Comet Already Sweating The Small Stuff, Far From The Sun
Feeling thirsty? If you could somehow capture the water vapor from Rosetta's comet, you would have the equivalent of two…
Rosetta Detects Water on its Target Comet
It's no surprise that there is a lot of water in comets. The "dirty snowballs" (or dusty ice-balls, more accurately)…
What Will Rosetta’s Comet Look Like? How Artists Over The Years Pictured It
Comets are notoriously hard to predict -- just ask those people on Comet ISON watch late in 2013. So as…
It’s Alive! Rosetta’s Comet Flares As It Approaches The Sun
Wow! This image shows the target comet for the Rosetta mission starting to develop a tail. This bodes well for…
Rosetta’s Philae Lander Snaps a Selfie
Philae is awake... and taking pictures! This image, acquired last night with the lander's CIVA (Comet nucleus Infrared and Visible…
Fly to Rosetta’s Comet with this New Interactive Visualization
Hang onto your space helmets. Â With a few moves of the mouse, you can now follow the European Rosetta mission…
ESA Awakens Rosetta’s Comet Lander
Little Philae is awake! ESA sent a wake-up call to the 100-kg (220-lb) lander riding aboard the Rosetta spacecraft this…