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Rosetta mission

An artist's impression of the Rosetta spacecraft shortly before hitting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Sept. 30.

A scientist and her team wish their Rosetta comet probe a bittersweet farewell

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“It’s a celebration. It’s a wake,” said space scientist Monica Grady. “We said goodbye to a dear friend.”

A picture shot by ESA's Rosetta mission's OSIRIS instrument shows asteroid Lutetia at a distance of 3162 km (1964 miles) its closest approach, July 10, 2010. The images show that Lutetia is heavily cratered, having suffered many impacts during its 4.5 bil

What’s a comet smell like? Scientist Monica Grady is keen to find out

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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko compared to mountains

Just how big is that comet the European Space Agency is going to land on?

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An artist's impression of ESA's Rosetta approaching comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The comet image was taken on August 2, 2014, by the spacecraft's navigation camera at a distance of about 500 km. The spacecraft and comet are not to scale.

Scientists prepare for a historic landing on a ‘seething and sputtering and spitting’ comet

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The Rosetta Probe is orbiting this comet as it makes its journey through the solar system.

Europe’s space probe is poised for a trip around the solar system — with a comet

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