A close up of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken from just 80 miles up. ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA The European ...

After a ten year journey through space, the European Space Agency’s satellite Rosetta has finally rendezvoused with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko—making it the first satellite to ever begin orbiting ...

Afternoon Bulletin 9/30/16: Rosetta Satellite ends its mission, JASTA act is controversially passed, Wells Fargo is in hot water, and more. Artist’s impression of the Rosetta space probe shortly ...

The European satellite "Rosetta" still has a few billion kilometers to go before meeting up with its target comet. In the meantime, though, it is sending back impressive photos of the Earth. It's not ...

European scientists trained three orbiting satellites and one ground telescope on the Tempel 1 comet to catch the live action as NASA’s Deep Impact slammed into its target July 4. The European Space ...

Irish companies played an important role in the development and testing ofthe Rosetta satellite, writes Dick Ahlstrom. The Rosetta satellite is finally on its way for a rendezvous with a cosmic ...

The lights are about to be switched off on one of the most successful satellite missions of all time. On September 29th or 30th the Rosetta satellite will fire its thrusters and begin a slow 20km ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. PARIS - Europe'sRosetta comet-chaser satellite successfully detoured to take a look at a raretype ...

When Icarus flew too close to the sun, his wax wings melted and he fell in the sea and drowned. That’s a bad result, but things are far worse for objects in space that get really close to the sun.

Rosetta catches its own shadow (at bottom) while sweeping just 6km above the surface of 67P The highest resolution image yet taken of Comet 67P by the Rosetta satellite has just been released. It was ...

The highest resolution image yet taken of Comet 67P by the Rosetta satellite has just been released. It was acquired during the Valentine's Day flyby when the European Space Agency probe passed a mere ...