Rare photos of spaceship before it hit comet revealed
The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared a hidden image from Rosetta spacecraft, moments before it struck a comet.
Sep 30, 2017, 14:58 PM IST
Rosetta images reveal large, growing crack on comet 67P
In images taken in June 2016 by the Rosetta probe, a new 500- to 1,000-foot-long fracture was identified parallel to the original fracture spotted in August 2014.
Mar 22, 2017, 15:25 PM IST
ESA's Rosetta ends its historic 12-year mission with touchdown on comet 67P
The Rosetta mission on Friday ended its mission in a controlled descent of the spacecraft onto the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Sep 30, 2016, 10:29 AM IST
Water ice found on surface of comet 67P
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have identified two large patches of water ice on the surface of comet 67P, perhaps the most studied comet in history. The elusive ice was detected, using data collected by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, on the bottom part of the main lobe of the dumbbell-shaped comet, in a region called Imhotep.
Jan 18, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
Rosetta space probe detects oxygen on comet 67P
The Rosetta space probe has been studying the comet for over a year and has detected an abundance of different gases pouring from its nucleus.
Oct 30, 2015, 10:35 AM IST
