Rosetta Probe Set To Study Comet 67P As It Closes In On Sun

Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS
Europe’s Rosetta comet-chaser is about to enter what may be the mission’s most exciting science phase yet, as Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko spins closer to the Sun than it has since 2009. Ground teams at the European Space Agency (ESA) expect nothing special at the precise moment of approach...

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