Rosetta-Philae Probe: How Humans Touched Down on a Comet for the First Time
Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...
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Scientists hail scientific legacy of comet-chasing Rosetta probe on 10th anniversary
To do so, the mission's goal was to study an otherwise-unremarkable comet called Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a ...
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What ESA Learned from Comet 67P
ESA’s Rosetta and Philae mission explored comet 67P, revealing secrets about the solar system’s formation and Earth’s origins ...
Philae's extraordinary comet landing relived
On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...
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OTD In Space - November 12: Philae Spacecraft Gets Lost On Comet
On November 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae tried to land on Comet 67P. To say it was a bumpy landing would be ...
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Rare comet may be visible to the naked eye. Here's where to look.
BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to ...
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Comet Seen Once Every 80,000 Years Passes Over Earth Tonight—Here’s How To See It
An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth ...
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How to see the once-in-80,000-year-comet before it’s too late
An ancient comet is gracing our night skies this month. Catch it now because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, discovered in 2023, is expected to be visible ...
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See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS while you still can
Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, has been in the evening sky for a week now. If you haven’t seen it, that’s understandable because there’s also been a bright Moon in the sky.
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Rare comet and supermoon should be visible in Massachusetts this week. Here's how to see them
BOSTON - Comet Atlas has been flirting with Massachusetts. It began very low in the eastern horizon a few weeks ago and now it has reappeared in the west in the evenings. However, until now ...
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A ‘Halloween Comet’ Could Be Visible Tonight—Here’s How To See It
There’s a chance a “Halloween” comet will become visible tonight, with also a possibility of seeing it during the daytime if it doesn’t break apart while approaching the sun, according to ...
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‘Halloween comet’ could be visible during daytime this week — here’s the best time to see it
Talk about a Halloween treat. A recently discovered comet will be blazing by the Earth in broad daylight just in time for Halloween, astronomers say. Comet C/2024 S1, first found at the end of ...