Tag: Comet
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Aliens out there: Oumuamua
It has been a while since I have got across something as interesting as this bizarrely-shaped celestial object that has recently appeared on our…
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Bye Bye, Rosetta – How to crash on a comet
All good things end sooner or later, and Rosetta’s mission – an absolute first in space exploration (read the story and the success here)…
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All the (Egyptian) names of Rosetta
Not happy with having discovered many of the secrets of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko thanks to the Rosetta mission and its Philae probe, ESA-Rosetta team scientists have…
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2014: a year of (awesome) space missions
2014 will be a year to remember for space missions. No matter what achievements are awaiting us in the future (hopefully plenty), the last 12…
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Seven hours of terror for space lovers – Rosetta on stage (again)
This November week brings us an exciting space event to follow, unique in kind. ESA’s spacecraft Rosetta, that has successfully reached Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last August,…
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The visitor from the Oort Cloud
This Sunday Earthians will witness something truly unique, estimated to happen maybe once every million years: a comet the size of a small mountain will…
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Hello Comet! Rosetta is here
After 10 years of travel, ESA spacecraft Rosetta yesterday reached her target, becoming the first probe to ever orbit a comet. Look at the incredible…