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Rosetta’s Philae Lander: A Swiss Army Knife of Scientific Instruments
When traveling to far off lands, one packs carefully. What you carry must be comprehensive but not so much that…
Philae Snaps a Spacetastic Selfie
Spacecraft "selfies" are always a treat and this one is doubly awesome: taken by the Philae lander piggybacked onto ESA's…
Australian Amateur Terry Lovejoy Discovers New Comet
It's confirmed! Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy just discovered his fifth comet, C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). He found it August 17th using a Celestron…
Getting to Know Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
We're finally getting to know the icy nucleus behind comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. For all the wonder that comets evoke, we on…
New Image of Rosetta’s Comet Reveals So Much More
WOW! We're really getting to the good stuff now! This is no computer-generated shape model, this is the real deal:…
What Are Comet Tails?
Comets are renowned for their big beautiful tails that stretch across the sky. But what's in those things, anyway? And…
Observing Alert – Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week
With the southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaking tomorrow morning, the summer meteor-watching season officially begins. While not a rich shower from…
NASA Preps for Nail-biting Comet Flyby of Mars
As Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring inches closer to the Red Planet, NASA's taking steps to protect its fleet of orbiting…
Once Upon a Time There Was a Spacecraft Called Rosetta…
…and that time is now! ESA's Rosetta spacecraft is just over a mere two weeks away from its arrival at…
Rosetta Zooms Toward an Extraordinary Comet
I thought the photos earlier this week were amazing. This little movie, made of 36 'smoothed' or interpolated images of…