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 – including jets and other outburst events – happen to comets at perihelion (the point ...
06 July 2015
From SETI to black crust on Churyumov-Gerasimenko: looking for alien life
...’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 Agency made history when it successfully pulled off the first comet landing using the...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... but today it is believed that 20 percent or less is more likely. Missions like ESA’s Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, with an extensive set of instruments, showed that the deuterium to hydrogen ratio is much larger than that found...
11 August 2015
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko puts on a show as captured by Rosetta camera OSIRIS
.... Rosetta’s OSIRIS camera has captured stunning images of a plume of dust and gas erupting from the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it moves closer and closer to the sun. According to ESA, which is in charge of the Rosetta mission, the...
December 2014
The vanity of machines
I was here – Rosetta’s self-portrait as it passes Mars, one of four planetary gravity assists needed to boost the spacecraft onto the trajectory to meet its target, comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
March 2016
Captivating hearts and minds
..., letting the public engage with the characters of Rosetta and Philae on their adventure to explore Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Compared to Earth observation, navigation and telecommunication satellites, space exploration missions are not often...
