Rosetta Ambition – Turning Science Fiction Into Science Fact
Imagine: with a wasteland as their canvas, a Master and his young Apprentice set about turning rubble into planets and moons, asteroids and comets. They levitate…
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Rosetta Rendezvous Replay
If you missed the live Rosetta rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko this morning, the above video is a replay of the event, including interviews with various scientists…
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Stunning close up detail focusing on a smooth region on the ‘base’ of the ‘body’ section of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The image was taken by Rosetta’s OSIRIS…
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On Monday, 20 January, 807 million km away, Rosetta is set to wake up from 31 months of deep-space hibernation. Here on Earth, the mission control…
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Looking Back on the Giotto Encounter With Comet Halley
Comet Halley, the originator of the Orionids meteor shower that lit up our skies last month – as they do every October – is seen here…
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