ESA’s historic Rosetta mission has concluded as planned, with the controlled impact onto the comet it had been investigating for more than two years Confirmation of the end of the mission arrived at ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Comet 67P entered the spotlight a decade ago when it became the first comet to be orbited and ...

A year since a probe called Philae made history by touching down on a comet, the team that pulled off the feat is plotting a different kind of landing. Next September, the European Space Agency will ...

At around 6:40 a.m. EDT (1040 GMT) today (Sept. 30), Rosetta is scheduled to crash-land intentionally on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ending the European spacecraft's epic 12-year mission. The ...

BERLIN (AP) — After 12 years of hurtling through space in pursuit of a comet, the Rosetta probe ended its mission Friday with a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it was sent ...

Rosetta's trip to a comet might make scientists second guess the idea that magnetic fields led to the formation of planets. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Simulator view of Rosetta’s first Earth flyby / gravity assist in March 2005. The probe flew by Earth three times and Mars once to conserve fuel and send it beyond the asteroid belt to rendezvous with ...

The Rosetta probe has been in space for almost 10 years, and it's just about to get down to business. First, it has to wake up from an 18 month nap. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...