Controllers at ESA's mission control center are preparing for a gravity-assist flyby of the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo. The maneuver, which will see the mission adjust its trajectory by harnessing Earth's ...
Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2020
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A grand synthesis of Rosetta data has shown how its target comet repeatedly changed color during the two years it was watched by the spacecraft. The chameleon comet's nucleus became progressively less red as it made its close ...
Space Exploration
Feb 6, 2020
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When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it's bound to stir up a lot of excitement and attention. Enter comet 2I/Borisov. This mysterious visitor from the depths of space ...
Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2019
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Yale astronomers have taken a new, close-up image of the interstellar comet 2l/Borisov.
Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2019
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The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best pictures yet of our newest interstellar visitor.
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2019
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A new object from interstellar space has been found within the solar system, only the second such discovery of its kind. The object offers a tantalizing glimpse beyond the solar system, and raises some puzzling questions. ...
Astronomy
Sep 25, 2019
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Next October, Venus will be the focus of an international campaign of coordinated observations involving two space agencies, three missions and multiple ground-based telescopes and planetary scientists around the world. The ...
Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2019
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Scientists analyzing the treasure trove of images taken by ESA's Rosetta mission have turned up more evidence for curious bouncing boulders and dramatic cliff collapses.
Astronomy
Sep 18, 2019
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Last week marked five years since ESA's Rosetta probe arrived at its target, a comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (or 67P/C-G). Tomorrow, 13 August, it will be four years since the comet, escorted by Rosetta, reached its ...
Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2019
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When we look outward into space, we're looking backward in time. That's because light moves at the speed of light. It takes time for the light to reach us.
Astronomy
Aug 7, 2019
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