Data from Southwest Research Institute-led instruments aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft have helped reveal auroral emissions in the far ultraviolet around a comet for the first time. At Earth, auroras are […]
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Rosetta’s Comet Sculpted by Stress
Feeling stressed? You’re not alone. ESA’s Rosetta mission has revealed that geological stress arising from the shape of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has been a key process in sculpting the comet’s surface […]
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Rosetta Unravels Formation of Comet’s Sunrise Jets
The atmosphere of Rosetta’s comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is far from homogeneous. In addition to sudden outbursts of gas and dust, daily recurring phenomena can be observed. In these, evaporating gas and […]
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Rosetta Reveals Missing Link In Understanding of Planet Formation
The missing link in our understanding of planet formation has been revealed by the first ever spacecraft to orbit and land on a comet, say German scientists. The study is […]
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A Final Image from Rosetta Has Been Discovered
After more than 12 years in space, and two years following Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as they orbited the Sun, Rosetta’s historic mission concluded on 30 September 2016 with the spacecraft descending […]
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Western University astronomers predict possible birthplace of Rosetta-probed comet 67P
When the Rosetta spacecraft successfully touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on September 30, 2016, the news was shared globally via Twitter in dozens of languages. Citizens the world over were […]
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Rosetta Comet Probe’s Grand Finale
With today´s final touchdown of the Airbus Defence and Space built Rosetta probe on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, one of the most spectacular space missions has finally come to an end. The […]
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Rosetta Ends Its Mission By Slowly Crash Landing On A Comet
ESA’s historic Rosetta mission has concluded as planned, with the controlled impact onto the comet it had been investigating for more than two years Confirmation of the end of the […]
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Rosetta space mission ends: Queen’s comet expert reflects on successes
The Rosetta space mission, which has been supported by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, will end on Friday 30 September when the spacecraft will touchdown on the comet it has […]
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Rosetta’s Descent Towards Active Pits on Comet 67P
Squeezing out unique scientific observations until the very end, Rosetta’s thrilling mission will culminate with a descent on 30 September towards a region of active pits on the comet’s ‘head’. […]
