Rosetta mission

Rosetta mission

Comet oxygen mystery solved?

Data from ESA's Rosetta mission is still being analysed by scientists to make new discoveries about the structure and chemistry of comets. A new study has shown how comets could be producing oxygen via chemical reactions on their surface.
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Vangelis to release Rosetta-inspired album

Legendary composer Vangelis has created a new album dedicated to the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.
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Molecular oxygen detected at 67P

The confirmation of oxygen at 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the first in situ detection of the gas at a comet, and has the potential to throw some models of the formation of the Solar System into question.
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Rosetta reveals how comet 67P was formed

The shape of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was formed through the collision of two comets in the early Solar System, according to Rosetta scientists.
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Rosetta sees sinkholes on comet surface

The craters could help researchers peer under the comet’s surface
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