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Getting to know Rosetta's comet
Jan 23, 2015 (ESA)
Rosetta is revealing its host comet as having a remarkable array of surface features and with many processes contributing to its activity, painting a complex pi...
Death of a dynamo -- A hard drive from space
Jan 22, 2015 (SPX)
The dying moments of an asteroid's magnetic field have been successfully captured by researchers, in a study that offers a tantalising glimpse of what may happe...
Dawn Delivers New Image of Ceres
Jan 20, 2015 (JPL)
As NASA's Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images taken i...
Europe comet mission deserves Nobel: space chief
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
A European mission that made the first landing on a comet deserves the Nobel prize, the head of the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. "I hope there wi...
Meteorite material born in molten spray as embryo planets collided
Jan 15, 2015 (SPX)
Asteroids may be a byproduct of planet formation rather than planetary building blocks, according to a recent paper in Nature. Research done at Purdue Universit...
Asteroid to Fly By Earth Safely on January 26
Jan 14, 2015 (JPL)
An asteroid, designated 2004 BL86, will safely pass about three times the distance of Earth to the moon on January 26. From its reflected brightness, astronomer...
Dawn of a strange new world
Jan 12, 2015 (SPX)
NASA's Dawn mission is closing in on a mysterious, unknown world in the asteroid belt. The dwarf planet Ceres named after the Roman goddess of agriculture await...
Amateur astronomers capture comet Lovejoy on camera
Jan 10, 2015 (UPI)
Comet Lovejoy was at its brightest on January 7 and 8, but it will remain visible to the naked eye -- provided the weather cooperates -- through the weekend. Ex...
See comet Lovejoy with the naked eye this weekend
Jan 09, 2015 (UPI)
Comet Lovejoy -- or more officially, C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy -- is named for the Australian amateur astronomer who spotted the glowing green ball just last year. Terr...
Comet Lovejoy Glows Brightest During Mid-January
Jan 08, 2015 (SPX)
Comet Lovejoy, already being tracked by backyard astronomers worldwide, is entering its best and brightest two weeks for viewing. From about January 7th through...
Rosetta in 2015
Jan 08, 2015 (ESA)
Before the Christmas break we left you with a bounty of comet images to create a movie - if you took on the challenge, do post links to your videos on the relev...
Philae lander still missing on comet
Jan 06, 2015 (UPI)
Recent reconnaissance efforts by the Rosetta probe failed to turn up new information about the whereabouts of the currently silent Philae lander. The small rove...
Comet probe 'may revive in March': French space chief
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
A probe that made the first landing on a comet but fell silent when its battery ran down may revive with sunlight in March, France's space chief said Monday. "T...
Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres
Dec 30, 2014 (JPL)
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacec...
Rosetta comet-landing is Science's 2014 breakthrough
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
The top scientific breakthrough of 2014 was the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft's rendez-vous with a comet, the US journal Science said Thursday. Aft...
Rosetta Orbiter to Swoop Down On Comet in February
Dec 18, 2014 (JPL)
The European Space Agency's orbiting Rosetta spacecraft is expected to come within four miles (six kilometers) of the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...
ESA scientists say Philae lander will wake up in 2015
Dec 17, 2014 (UPI)
The team of scientists and engineers responsible for this fall's historic comet landing are confident Philae's current slumber is only temporary. "I think withi...
Rosetta Comet Water Different Than Earth Water
Dec 12, 2014 (JPL)
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has found the water vapor from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to be significantly different from that found on E...
Rosetta fuels debate on origin of Earth's oceans
Dec 11, 2014 (ESA)
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has found the water vapour from its target comet to be significantly different to that found on Earth. The discovery fuels the debate o...
Asteroid 2014 UR116 Represents No Threat to the Earth
Dec 10, 2014 (JPL)
Some recent press reports have suggested that an asteroid designated 2014 UR116, found on October 27, 2014, at the MASTER-II observatory in Kislovodsk, Russia, ...
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