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This is a rare glance at the dark side of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Light backscattered from dust particles...
This graphic depicts the position of the Philae lander of the European Space Agency Rosetta mission in the context...
A jagged horizon of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko appears in this image taken by the navigation...
Four images taken by the ESA Rosetta spacecraft create a montage showing jets of dust and gas escaping from the...
Before 1979, there were less than a dozen known sungrazing comets. As of December 2012, we know of 2,500. Why did...
Oliver Price, a planetary science PhD student at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory in the...
This image of the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, seen with ESAS OSIRIS onboard the Rosetta spacecraft,...
This image was taken by the Philae lander of the European Space Agency Rosetta mission when it was about 130 feet 40...
This frame from an animated sequence shows the Rosetta mission Philae lander descending toward comet...
Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto as imaged in multiple exposures of infrared light by the NEOWISE space telescope. The...
On October 19, Comet Siding Spring will pass within 88,000 miles of Mars – just one third of the distance from the...
These radar images of comet P/2016 BA14 were taken on March 22, 2016, by scientists using an antenna of NASA Deep...
This view from the OSIRIS instrument onboard ESA Rosetta spacecraft shows the nucleus of comet...
An annotated mosaic from the Rosetta spacecraft shows Site J, the primary landing site on comet...
This image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was obtained on October 30, 2014 by the OSIRIS scientific imaging...
With the help of NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that what was thought to be a large...
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was imaged by ESA Rosetta spacecraft on July 20, 2014, from a distance of...
A patch of relatively smooth ground on the nucleus surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko appears in this image...
Some relatively rough terrain on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko appears in this image taken by the...
The Philae lander of the European Space Agency Rosetta mission is safely on the surface of Comet...
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by ESA Rosetta OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on August 3, 2014, from a distance of 177...
This image was taken by the Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System, Rosetta main onboard...
This artist animation depicts one of the most widely accepted theories pertaining to the origin of comets. This...
Captured March 12, 2010 The SOHO spacecraft captured a very bright, sungrazing comet as it rocketed towards the Sun...