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Emily Lakdawalla • September 22, 2015 • 5
There are no spacecraft at Uranus or Neptune, and there haven't been for 30 and 25 years, respectively. So we depend on Earth-based astronomers to monitor them, including Damian Peach.
Van Kane • September 17, 2015 • 1
Three recently proposed low-cost space missions all aim to answer the same question: Where did Earth's abundant water come from?
Emily Lakdawalla • September 11, 2015 • 5
When Rosetta approached comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko last summer, both its shape and its activity were surprising. It looked like two comets welded together at a skinny neck. A new paper explains how the neck may be steepening itself.
Mattias Malmer • September 04, 2015 • 4
Mattias Malmer describes his MacGyver-esque process in creating a homemade aluminum version of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Emily Lakdawalla • August 13, 2015 • 2
A terrific new visualization tool for comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko demonstrates the value of sharing mission image data with the public. The browser-based tool lets you spin a simulated 3D view of the comet. It began with a 3D model of the comet created not by ESA, but by a space enthusiast, Mattias Malmer.
Van Kane rounds up some of the latest NASA Discovery mission proposals aiming to explore our solar system's smallest bodies.
Emily Lakdawalla • July 07, 2015 • 2
Last week, the European Space Agency released the first set of images from Rosetta's navigational camera, or NavCam, from the phase of the mission that followed the Philae landing. That makes more than 3500 NavCam images that have been released from the comet phase of the mission.
Emily Lakdawalla • June 17, 2015 • 5
I woke up early Sunday morning to the dramatic news: Philae is back! With a few days to consider the telemetry, the Philae team is now talking about the science they hope to do. With comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko approaching perihelion in August, it's going to be an exciting ride.
Emily Lakdawalla • May 15, 2015 • 2
A recent Rosetta image has revealed a good part of the comet's previously hidden southern terrain to the public for the first time.
Emily Lakdawalla • April 29, 2015
Today the European Space Agency released a ton of NavCam images, taken as the spacecraft approached and then entered orbit at the comet.
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