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Rosetta Comet is Darker than Charcoal
Sep 08, 2014 (JPL)
Rosetta scientists also discovered the comet's surface so far shows no large water-ice patches. The team expected to see ice patches on the comet's surface beca...
Comet to pass Earth close enough for binoculars
Sep 06, 2014 (UPI)
For those of us who are interested in astronomy but don't have the equipment to really take a peer into space, there will be an interesting opportunity this wee...
Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday
Sep 05, 2014 (JPL)
A small asteroid, designated 2014 RC, will safely pass very close to Earth on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. At the time of closest approach, based on current calculati...
Surface level ultraviolet spectra of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko obtained
Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Alice ultraviolet (UV) spectrograph aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta comet orbiter has delivered its first scientific discoveries. Rosetta, in ...
Historic comet landing site to be unveiled on Sept 15
Sep 04, 2014 (AFP)
The European Space Agency (ESA) will on September 15 unveil which of five possible sites it has chosen for the first-ever landing of a probe from Earth on a com...
NASA Invites Public to Submit Messages for Asteroid Mission Time Capsule
Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)
NASA is inviting the worldwide public to submit short messages and images on social media that could be placed in a time capsule aboard a spacecraft launching t...
Japan space agency unveils asteroid hunting probe
Sep 02, 2014 (AFP)
Japanese space scientists have unveiled the asteroid hunting space probe they hope to launch later this year on a mission to mine a celestial body. The probe, n...
Rosetta arrival competition winners
Sep 01, 2014 (ESA)
As Rosetta made its final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, we asked you to join this extraordinary adventure by sharing pictures of your journeys, p...
NASA's Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of dust around a young star, possibly the result of a smashup between large asteroids. This type of colli...
Landing site search for Rosetta narrows
Aug 26, 2014 (ESA)
Using detailed information collected by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft during its first two weeks at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, five locations have been identif...
Regulating Asteroid Mining
Aug 26, 2014 (SPX)
The idea of mining asteroids is definitely in vogue. In the past few years commercial space advocates have been pursuing new private-sector space business activ...
Europe sees five possible sites for comet landing
Aug 25, 2014 (AFP)
The European Space Agency (ESA) on Monday said it had drawn up a shortlist of five possible sites for carrying out the first-ever landing on a comet. Astronomer...
Orbital Completes Third Cargo Delivery Mission to ISS for NASA
Aug 19, 2014 (SPX)
Orbital Sciences has announced the successful completion of its third cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station in the past 10 months, including...
Seven tiny grains captured by Stardust likely visitors from interstellar space
Aug 18, 2014 (SPX)
Since 2006, when NASA's Stardust spacecraft delivered its aerogel and aluminum foil dust collectors to Earth, a team of scientists has combed through the collec...
As Seen by Rosetta: Comet Surface Variations
Aug 18, 2014 (JPL)
A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko shows the diversity of surface structures on the comet's nucleus. It was taken by the Rosetta spacecraft's OSIRIS...
Colliding Atmospheres: Mars vs Comet Siding Spring
Aug 13, 2014 (SPX)
On October 19, 2014, Comet Siding Spring will pass by Mars only 132,000 km away--which would be like a comet passing about 1/3 of the distance between Earth and...
NASA's 3-D Study of Comets Reveals Chemical Factory at Work
Aug 12, 2014 (SPX)
A NASA-led team of scientists has created detailed 3-D maps of the atmospheres surrounding comets, identifying several gases and mapping their spread at the hig...
Orbiter Completes Maneuver to Prepare for Comet Flyby
Aug 07, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has successfully adjusted the timing of its orbit around Mars as a defensive precaution for a comet's close flyby of Mars on Oct....
Rosetta Takes Comet's Temperature
Aug 06, 2014 (ESA)
The observations of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko were made by Rosetta's visible, infrared and thermal imaging spectrometer, VIRTIS, between 13 and 21 July, w...
Rosetta's Comet: Imaging the Coma
Aug 06, 2014 (JPL)
Less than a week before Rosetta's rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, images obtained by OSIRIS, the spacecraft's onboard scientific imaging system...
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