Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 06:50
The mission is different from NASA`s Deep Impact, a spacecraft that fired a projectile into a comet in 2005 so scientists could study the resulting plume of matter.
Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:18
Rosetta, which was launched about ten year ago on a long quest to chase and land on a comet, will be roused by an onboard "alarm clock" at 10:00 GMT on Monday.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:43
Rosetta craft, which was woken up from its slumber recently, aims to deal with the origin and evolution of the solar system.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 15:26
European Space Agency`s comet-chasing mission Rosetta is going to wake up in 100 days` time from deep-space slumber to reach the destination it has been cruising towards for a decade.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 11:33
Astronomers have discovered that the least massive star of the Fomalhaut system, Fomalhaut C, hosts its own comet belt.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 17:26
Researchers studying the data received from NASA’s Galileo mission found clay-type minerals on the surface of Europa, Jupiter`s icy moon.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 14:08
Comet ISON, once called the comet of the century, couldn`t survive the close brush with the sun, it has been revealed.
Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:44
Astronomers, using Suprime-Cam, Subaru Telescope`s wide-field, prime-focus camera, have managed to capture an image of the intricate flow of Comet Lovejoy`s (C/2013 R1) ion tail.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 14:16
The 2013 Geminid Meteor Shower is all set to light up the sky with a remarkable display of cosmic fireworks beginning Thursday, December 4.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 10:02
Comet ISON, dubbed the `Comet of the Century` could not survive the close encounter with the Sun on Thanksgiving, NASA confirmed on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 11:34
Scientists are working to determine and to understand the fate of Comet ISON as it moves away from the sun.
Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 14:25
According to astronomers, Comet ISON which showed signs of revival after initially being declared dead post its close encounter with the sun on Thanksgiving is fading out fast.
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