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September 30, 2016 1 min read
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission accomplished many firsts in human space exploration. It was the first probe to reach a stable orbit around a comet, the first one to successfully deploy […]
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September 06, 2016 1 min read
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to study comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is set to come to an end later this month, but it just made an interesting discovery — the Philae lander. The landing […]
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January 15, 2016 1 min read
Call it a star war. NASA has a set up a new division in their ranks to monitor potential threats from asteroids and comets. And it’s called the Planetary Defense Coordination Office. It sounds like […]
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September 28, 2015 1 min read
While our attention has been drawn to Pluto and NASA’s New Horizon probe recently, the ESA’s Rosetta probe is still doing important work as it orbits comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. 67P has two prominent lobes, […]
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June 15, 2015 1 min read
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission has had its share of ups and downs. Last year Rosetta became the first spacecraft to successfully enter orbit of a comet and the Philae lander became […]
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January 24, 2015 1 min read
In the latest set of images published by the ESA, scientists reveal comet 67P is coming apart at the seams.
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January 20, 2015 1 min read
The closest asteroid major pass for more than a decade will occur on January 26, so close you can view it with a strong pair of binoculars.
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December 30, 2014 1 min read
2014 was a monster year for science, as we explored further into the universe and deeper into ourselves than ever before.
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December 20, 2014 1 min read
If it hadn't grazed the surface on its second contact, the team suggests it might have ended up completely covered in shadows.
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December 18, 2014 1 min read
Earth may not have needed comets to deposit water on this rock we call home, the planet could have created all it needed from rocks. Yes. Rocks.
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December 11, 2014 1 min read
Results suggest Jupiter-family comets have too wide a variance in water makeup to be responsible for delivering most of Earth's water.
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December 01, 2014 1 min read
The Rosetta spacecraft took the first true color image of comet 67P, replacing the famous grey image of the rock.
The post The first true color image of Comet 67P looks like Mars appeared first on Geek.com.
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