The researchers discovered that Phobos's surface didn't reflect light uniformly ... These include the "rubber ducky" Comet ...

Cross-section of comet 67P showing the 3D model of the layered structure compressed and folded by the collision of the lobes (arrows indicate the direction of compression). Disclaimer ...

While scientists already knew of the existence of frozen water under the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a team of researchers at the National Institute for Astrophysics in Rome has ...

Orbiting spacecraft Rosetta captured the lander drifting across the surface of Comet 67P for half an hour until its first bounce landing. The European Space Agency captured the “song” of the ...

Unusual 'horns' visible in its imagery, a result of surface explosions ... like Giotto's rendezvous with Halley's Comet in ...

is not always pretty—and never was this more evident than when the Rosetta spacecraft sent its Philae lander down to the surface of Comet 67P in 2016. The comet—a thing of light and loveliness ...

Sent to sleep in 2011 to save energy, the lander will start a weeks-long process of progressively waking up, checking and updating its systems ahead of its historic rendezvous with Comet 67P ...

the lander is to make the touchdown on the surface of the celestial body at 17:02 pm (19:02 pm, Moscow time). According to ESA, “Rosetta launched in 2004 and arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will round Earth mid-month, but an astronaut on the International Space Station captured amazing ...

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 ...

Did you see it?Some stargazers Tuesday night were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime viewing of a rare comet.The comet, called A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), was discovered in 2023, and likely won't make ...

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS graced in the dawn twilight at the end of September; in mid-October it will be brilliant in the evening sky. (C messier) Next week look out for the most spectacular sky ...