67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Artwork showing the Philae lander just before contacting the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: DLR (CC-BY 3.0)
A doomed lander reveals one last secret: Comets are fluffy like cappuccino foam
Phil Plait
Nov 4, 2020
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For the first time, an aurora is seen around a comet
Phil Plait
Sep 28, 2020
The comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko vents gas and dust into space. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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Space potatoes and rubber duckies: Shattered asteroids reassemble into weird shapes
Phil Plait
Feb 25, 2020
A simulation of asteroid fragments reaccumulating after an event shattered the parent body (left) bears a remarkable likeness to the actual asteroid Itokawa. Credit: Campo Bagatin, et al. / JAXA (slightly modified by Phil Plait)
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What's shakin', 67P? Cliff collapses and bouncing boulders on a comet
Phil Plait
Sep 25, 2019
The comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko vents gas and dust into space. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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Incredible, must-see video: 'The Comet,' a film noir view of 67P
Phil Plait
Aug 2, 2019
The comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko seen by the Rosetta spacecraft in September 2014. Note the jet of gas coming from the neck area. Credit: ESA / Rosetta / NavCam / Emily Lakdawalla
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The Rosetta image archive of its target comet is now complete. Wanna peruse 100k images of an alien world?
Phil Plait
Aug 6, 2018
The comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko vents gas and dust into space. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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MUST SEE VIDEO: Snowstorm on a comet!
Phil Plait
Apr 25, 2018
The comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko vents gas and dust into space. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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A plume erupts from a comet, pressured from below
Phil Plait
Nov 2, 2017
Artwork of Rosetta approaching the comet 67/P Curyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Comet image: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM
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A last good bye, again, from Rosetta
Phil Plait
Oct 2, 2017
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