Rosetta

• Rosetta space probe crashes into comet ending 12-year mission

  Scientists began saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe Thursday, hours before its planned crash-landing on a comet.

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  Sep 29, 2016
  
• Building blocks of life discovered in comet’s halo

  Scientists have found further evidence supporting the theory that some of the building blocks for life may have come to Earth from outer space.

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  May 27, 2016
  
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• European Space Agency’s comet lander fails to communicate, running out of time

  The clock is running out on a spacecraft that made history by landing on a comet in November 2014.

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  Jan 12, 2016
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• Scientists find oxygen in comet, say that challenges theories of how solar system formed

  Scientists say they have detected significant amounts of molecular oxygen coming out of a comet, an unexpected find that may have implications for the search for alien life and understanding how the solar system formed.

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  Oct 29, 2015
• Philae probe gets a ‘sniff’ of acetone, indicating comets can concoct complex compounds

  Scientists say the Philae space probe has gathered data supporting the theory that comets can serve as cosmic laboratories in which some of the essential elements for life are assembled.

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  Jul 31, 2015
• Comet lander Philae falls silent, may have shifted position

  The European Space Agency says it hasn't received data from the lander since July 9.

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  Jul 20, 2015
• Comet lander Philae makes contact after 2 weeks of silence, sends radar data

  The German space agency DLR, which controls the lander, says it received data from Philae over a 22-minute period late Thursday.

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  Jul 10, 2015
• Is there alien life on this comet? Probably not, despite what two scientists say

  Though many people are talking about the possibility of life on a comet that spacecraft are currently visiting, the truth is, there isn't any real evidence to support the claim.

  Jul 6, 2015
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• It’s the pits: Comet observed by spacecraft seems to have sinkholes

  Comets are basically dirty snowballs, but it turns out they can have a very Earth-like feature: sinkholes.

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  Jul 1, 2015
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• Comet lander Philae awakes from hibernation, communicates with Earth

  The brief burst of communication contained 300 packages of data that were relayed by the probe's mother ship Rosetta, which is orbiting the comet.

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  Jun 14, 2015