Jun 24, 2015 by News Staff

Rosetta’s nominal mission was originally funded until the end of this year, but at a meeting yesterday, the European Space Agency has given formal approval...

Jun 16, 2015 by News Staff

The European Space Agency (ESA) and its Rosetta mission partners are working to juggle the spacecraft’s flight plan to help with renewed Philae lander...

Jun 14, 2015 by News Staff

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Philae lander has woken up after seven months in hibernation on the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The Philae...

Jun 3, 2015 by News Staff

Comet impacts over the past 100 million years can account for many of the features in the mysterious lunar swirls – wispy bright regions scattered...

Jun 2, 2015 by News Staff

Observations of the inner coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Alice far-ultraviolet spectrograph onboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft reveal...

May 19, 2015 by News Staff

Rosetta mission scientists have discovered an unusual geological formation in the Aker region on the large lobe of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Image of...

Apr 14, 2015 by News Staff

Complementary data collected by the Rosetta Plasma Consortium fluxgate magnetometer (RPC-MAG) on board ESA’s Rosetta orbiter, and by the Rosetta Lander...

Mar 31, 2015 by News Staff

Carbon from cometary material that bombards Mercury, the first planet from the Sun, may be the reason the planet’s surface is heavily dark, says new...

Mar 23, 2015 by News Staff

The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument on ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has made the first measurement of molecular...

Mar 4, 2015 by News Staff

New images from the OSIRIS camera on European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe taken during the close flyby on February 14, 2015, reveal the surface of the...

Feb 25, 2015 by News Staff

An unusual sungrazer skimmed past the Sun in February, as captured by ESA/NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). A new comet was discovered...

Feb 17, 2015 by News Staff

The Navigation Camera (NavCam) instrument on ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has captured close-up high-resolution images of the comet surface, revealing details...

Feb 11, 2015 by News Staff

Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have discovered why comets are encased in a hard, outer crust. This false-color...

Feb 2, 2015 by News Staff

Rosetta mission scientists have announced the first results from the COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyser (COSIMA), one of Rosetta’s three dust analysis...

Jan 23, 2015 by News Staff

A series of reports in the journal Science reveals details about the shape, lifespan and evolution of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – the target comet...

Dec 30, 2014 by News Staff

Landing of the European Space Agency’s Philae probe on a comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has been named Breakthrough of the Year for 2014....

Dec 17, 2014 by News Staff

Mercury – the smallest planet in our Solar System – appears to get hit by recurring meteor showers, possibly associated with Comet 2P/Encke. Mercury...

Dec 13, 2014 by News Staff

The European Space Agency has released a color image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – the prime target of the Rosetta space mission – as it...

Dec 11, 2014 by News Staff

The Rosetta Orbiter Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has found that the composition of the...

Nov 20, 2014 by News Staff

An instrument called SESAME-CASSE aboard Rosetta’s 100-kg Philae lander has recorded the sound of touchdown – in the form of vibrations detected...