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

But science thanks you, Rosetta. Video courtesy of ESA. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Science The Rosetta spacecraft has been trailing a comet for the last two and a half years ...

Tuesday marks ten years since Philae landed on the comet. ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM "With Rosetta we are opening a door to the origin of planet Earth and fostering a better understanding of our future." ...

ESA detected the sound using several instruments aboard the Rosetta spacecraft, which was speeding alongside the comet. After months of orbiting its target, the Rosetta spacecraft is finally ready ...

Since ESA's space probe Rosetta arrived at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August, the scientific camera system OSIRIS has mapped most of its surface revealing stunning structures such as steep ...

Not the most inviting of companions, but that didn't stop ESA scientists from getting a good look. The flyby was the closest that Rosetta will ever get to a comet, and the series of pictures it ...

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

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 ...

The unmanned probe Rosetta will release the 100-kilogram lander Philae, shown in this artist's conception, at 0835 GMT (3:35 ET) on Nov. 12. (J. Huart/ESA; ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD ...

The cost for Esa is expected to be about €150m. As is customary, individual member states will provide the instrumentation and cover that tab. Rosetta spent two years at Comet 67P, taking ...

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 ...