As the comet's rotation axis is not perpendicular ... from regions that are only temporarily shaded in certain images. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and ...

A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a ...

1. The comet approaches the sun. 2. Water molecules sublimate from the comet as it thaws. 3. The water molecules are ionized by ultraviolet light from the sun. 4. Newborn ions are accelerated by ...

The mission consisted of the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander. The probes were launched on 2 March 2004, travelled 6.4 billion kilometres in 10 years and, with the help of a few planet swing-bys, ...

Oxygen discovered on Rosetta comet, stunning scientists ...

Also included is the strength of and variation in the external field, namely the influence of the solar wind interplanetary magnetic field near the comet nucleus. At distances of 10 m or greater ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Rosetta spacecraft has been trailing a comet for the last two and a half years, on a slow, spinning ride to it's ultimate destruction. But science thanks you ...

The European Space Agency released the first images of Philae's bumpy landing today. Orbiting spacecraft Rosetta captured the lander drifting across the surface of Comet 67P for half an hour until ...

Philae's historic landing on Comet 67P in 2014 provided crucial data on the comet's surface and internal composition, despite technical setbacks. The mission revealed organic molecules and temperature ...

Its CIVA (Comet Infrared and Visible Analyser) cameras took the first image of a human-made object touching a 4.6 ...