Philae: one year on comet 67P
On November 12, it was a year since Philae made its historic landing on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta arrived at the Comet 67P on August 6 and Philae was delivered…
Category: comet 67P
Surprising discovery of oxygen in 67P comet’s atmosphere
The Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has thrown a very big surprise — its atmosphere contains molecular oxygen. Based on our current thinking, the presence of molecular oxygen in a comet had been…
Two objects fused to form Rosetta’s 67P comet
The rubber-duck shaped comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) made up of a larger lobe and a smaller lobe separated by a thin ‘neck’ region were once two fully formed, distinct objects that…
Editorial: Rosetta makes space history
After travelling a distance of 6.4 billion kilometres since it was launched in March 2004, Rosetta made space history on August 6 when it became the first spacecraft to rendezvous…
Surprising discovery of oxygen in 67P comet’s atmosphere
Published in The Hindu on October 29, 2015 The Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has thrown a very big surprise — its atmosphere contains molecular oxygen. Based on our current thinking, the presence…
Two objects fused to form Rosetta’s 67P comet
Published in The Hindu on October 4, 2015 The rubber-duck shaped comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) made up of a larger lobe and a smaller lobe separated by a thin ‘neck’ region…
