Rosetta beams back more incredible comet photos

A European spacecraft orbiting a comet continues to beam incredible photos of the icy, dusty cosmic body back to Earth.

The new comet photos from the Rosetta spacecraft, a European Space Agency probe, show Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko in an incredible new light. The comet is beginning to spout more jets as it makes its way toward the sun for its closest approach in August. Rosetta was about 17 miles (28 kilometers) from the center of Comet 67P/C-G when it took the amazing photos, and now, the spacecraft is about to embark on a different kind of orbit that will bring it even closer to the comet's surface. Read more...

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