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Rosetta

A decade-long quest to put a robotic lander on a comet

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‘Like Froth on a Cappuccino’: Spacecraft’s Chaotic Landing Reveals Comet’s Softness
scientificamerican.com - Elizabeth Gibney
The chaotic crash-landing of a robotic spacecraft called Philae has yielded serendipitous insights into the softness of comets. In 2014, the …
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The final mystery of Philae, the lost comet lander, has been solved
CNET - Jackson Ryan
Scientists uncover the final details about Philae's fateful journey to the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014.
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Astronomers find "northern lights" surrounding Rosetta's famous comet for the first time
CBS News - By Sophie Lewis
Astronomers have previously spotted glowing auroras surrounding planets, as well as Jupiter's moons — but now, for the first time, they've found the …
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Rosetta-Briefmarke erschienen
mpg.de
Eine aktuelle Briefmarke der Deutschen Post würdigt die europäische Kometenmission Rosetta. Die Deutsche Post hat der Kometenmission Rosetta der …
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Cliffs on comet 67P wander across the landscape in summer
newscientist.com - Leah Crane
The hills may not be alive, but they are moving. The comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has small cliffs that migrate across the landscape for months at …
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15 incredible photos taken by the Rosetta spacecraft
Popular Science - Jeanette D. Moses
You can browse more than 100,000 images from space. Here are our favorite shots. This story was originally published on PopPhoto.com. The European Space Agency uploaded the final images from the Rosetta mission to comet 67P earlier this week and the results are quite dazzling. Rosetta was the first …

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