Two comets collided at low speed in the early solar system to give rise to the distinctive “rubber duck” shape of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, said Rosetta scientists. The origin of the comet’s ...
The more astronomers learn about the clunkily-named Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the stranger it seems. The icy wanderer is currently hosting the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe, which ...
When we last left the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe it was just about to wake up from a nine year-long slumber. Rosetta had been cruising for most of its 3 billion mile trip, and in January it ...