06 September 2016
Philae's final resting place has been found
... precise location until yesterday was still not known. Now wedged into a dark crack on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the lander was last seen when it first touched down at Agilkia – Philae’s target landing site, named...
25 May 2018
New research suggests Pluto could be one giant comet
... was only confirmed just a few years ago when ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft rendezvoused with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and made the first in situ measurement of the compound. One sticking point to the theory is that if Pluto...
30 November 2020
Researchers discover solid phosphorus in comet 67P
... to examine up close the activity of a frozen icy body as it was warmed by the Sun. The comet was 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the journey to study this relic of the Solar System took 10 years. During the probe’s 17 month...
06 July 2015
From SETI to black crust on Churyumov-Gerasimenko: looking for alien life
The Rosetta mission’s latest discoveries on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko are part of a lengthy and ambitious search for extra-terrestrial life. Last November, the European Space ...
14 August 2015
Fun in the sun with Rosetta: comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at perihelion
More stunning images of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko at its closest approach to the sun have just been published by the European Space Agency. Amazing things – ...
31 July 2015
New Rosetta data on 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko: from complex molecules to comet erosion
... how the Philae lander approached the comet’s surface. Of particular interest is the discovery of complex molecules on 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. Their presence could go along way towards explaining how biological life arose in our solar system. What...
