How to orbit a comet

What happens after Rosetta arrives at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko? This animation describes the key dates for the…

Comet on 3 August 2014 – NavCam

Full-frame NAVCAM image taken on 3 August 2014 from a distance of about 300 km from…

Handover of the Gaia flag to mark start of science operations

Seven months after launch and following extensive commissioning, ESA’s Gaia satellite is ready to start its…

Comet on 2 August 2014 – NavCam

Full-frame NAVCAM image taken on 2 August 2014 from a distance of about 500 km from…

Comet from 1000 km

This image was acquired 1 August at 04:48 CEST (02:48 GMT) by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle…

Comet on 1 August 2014 – NavCam

Full-frame NAVCAM image taken on 1 August 2014 from a distance of about 1026 km from…

Sunrise at the comet (visualisation)

Using recent OSIRIS shape models and images, scientists at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France, have…

Sunrise at the comet (visualisation)

Using recent OSIRIS shape models and images, scientists at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, France, have…

Comet on 31 July 2014 – NavCam

Full-frame NAVCAM image taken on 31 July 2014 from a distance of about 1327 km from…

Rosetta measures comet’s temperature

The first temperature measurements of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko were made between 13 and 21 July, when Rosetta…