Scientists finally figured out how to land on a comet going 35,000 mph
On November 12, 2014, the European Space Agency successfully landed on a comet speeding at 35,000 mph. The Philae lander was dropped from the Rosetta satellite, which had to travel 4 billion miles over...
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We finally know why Rosetta's comet is shaped like a duck
Looks like comet 67P's union might give Pluto and Charon's love story a run for its money.In a paper published today in the journal Nature, researchers conclude that the two lobes on the double-lobed...
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Here's why Rosetta's comet looks like a duck
Looks like comet 67P's union might give Pluto and Charon's love story a run for its money.In a paper published today in the journal Nature, researchers conclude that the two lobes on the double-lobed...
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This alcohol-laced comet spewed 500 wine bottles' worth of booze per second
Comet Lovejoy is carrying the ingredients for a raging celestial happy hour.When the frozen comet passed by the sun earlier this year, part of it thawed and started spewing a huge stream of ethyl...
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Our little probe that landed on a comet could be dead
Time is running out for Philae — the plucky little comet lander that stole our hearts back in 2014 - with the news that the European Space Agency's (ESA) last-ditch effort to make contact with the...
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Earth is in the middle of a ‘shooting gallery’ and a new NASA initiative is...
Right now Earth is surrounded by over 13,500 chunks of space rock, and if one of them bumps into us, the damage could be enough to flatten cities, wipe countries off the map, or even cause global...
View ArticleThese giant comets could be on a collision course with Earth
Astronomers have some new insight into the activity of centaurs, giant comets that could have a devastating impact if they hit the Earth's surface. Produced by Justin Gmoser and Jessica Orwig. Follow...
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New research points to the unexpected and dangerous nature of Jupiter
I’ve always liked the idea that Jupiter has acted like a protector to its little brother, Earth.That it has used its massive gravitational pull to divert asteroids and comets from a collision course...
View ArticleThis asteroid rover is unlike anything you've ever seen
This tiny rover is designed to explore the difficult terrain of comets and asteroids.Produced by Maya Dangerfield. Video courtesy of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Follow TI: On FacebookJoin the...
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See how high you can jump on other worlds in the solar system
Jumping contests on Earth are pretty great.But have you imagined how high you could hop on the moon, Mars, or some other heavenly body?Look no further: Astronomers Stuart Lowe and Chris North have...
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Earth is about to experience its closest comet since 1983
On Monday and Tuesday this week, two comets will zip past Earth, with one of them coming closer to our planet than any comet since 1983.And the larger, but more distant, of the two is becoming so...
View Article'Singing' And Other Mysterious Sounds Recorded On A Comet's Surface For The...
The European Space Agency has released some incredible sounds from Philae’s landing.This video originally appeared on Slate Video. Watch More: slate.com/videoJim Festante is an actor/writer in Los...
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We spoke to the man who's close to solving a 40-year old mystery signal from...
Are aliens trying to contact us from outer space?That’s a question that Antonio Paris, an astronomy professor at St. Petersburg College in Florida, is trying to address. And he’s bringing us closer to...
View ArticleSomething was killing off dinosaurs long before they went extinct — and it...
British research discovered the disappearance of dinosaurs millions of years before they went extinct. Populations weren't multiplying as fast as they were dying off. What could have been the...
View ArticleThis strange phenomenon could reclassify former planet Pluto yet again
Former planet Pluto may have been miscategorized yet again. A recent analysis of its atmosphere showed that it may be something we've never seen before — a comet-planet hybrid.Produced by Matt Stuart....
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The sun just killed the fastest object in the solar system — and NASA caught...
Any comet is cool, but a sungrazer comet has an extra claim to fame — it dives perilously close to the sun, within 850,000 miles of the surface of that giant, flaming ball of plasma.Sometimes this...
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Here are the last photos a star-crossed robot took before killing itself on a...
In the wee morning hours of September 30, the European Space Agency crashed its Rosetta space probe into Comet 67P, which it had orbited for about two years.Below is the final photo the space probe...
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The Rosetta spacecraft found nitrogen on its comet — here’s why that’s important
A peculiar mix of molecular nitrogen on the comet target of Europe's Rosetta spacecraft may offer clues to the conditions that gave birth to the entire solar system.Molecular nitrogen was one of the...
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Here's what happens when a planet evaporates at 1,100 tons a second
Some planets that are now small, hot, and rocky may have started off as icy giants like Neptune. Orbiting too close to their stars, their gassy shells boiled off until all that's left is a rocky...
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A new discovery points to organic material on a comet that could have spawned...
Washington (AFP) - The European Space Agency's probe Philae may be struggling to stay in touch, but its first finds on its new home are pretty special.Transmitting from a shadowy corner of Comet...
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