Space probe's shadow is visible on icy comet it has been orbiting. Close-up view of a region on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as seen by the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera during Rosetta’s flyby ...

The Rosetta spacecraft casts some shade on the surface of its comet buddy, creating an otherworldly shadow selfie from orbit. Rosetta snaps a picture of its own shadow on the comet below - CNET X ...

Rosetta is "a real advance, and they have to be very careful how they do it," says Daniel Scheeres of the University of Colorado-Boulder, who is not associated with the mission.

On Wednesday morning the Rosetta spacecraft kept a 10 year date with an icy comet the size of a mountain. About 2:30 a.m., the spacecraft made the last of a series of 10 engine firings it began in ...

For a billion miles, the tireless spacecraft called Rosetta has shadowed an icy comet through the solar system, enduring dust storms, fountains of gas and the comet’s mood swings.

Rosetta's historic 12-year mission 30 photos. The European Space Agency’s $1.6 billion Rosetta spacecraft completed a deliberate crash landing on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ...

Spacecraft gave scientists their first in-depth look at behavior of comet. — -- A year after Rosetta first slipped into orbit around comet 67P, the European Space Agency's probe continues to ...

The Rosetta mission will reach its climax on Wednesday when scientists attempt to land a spacecraft on a moving comet. Here’s why we should all be excited.

Experts, however, have used final telemetry from Rosetta before the spacecraft shut down to build a last image of the probe’s touchdown site, dubbed Sais. The image was released Thursday.

The countdown has begun. In less than 24 hours, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission will attempt to put a laboratory on a comet. On Wednesday at 12:35 a.m. PST, three mechanical screws ...