Saturday, March 5, 2016

Comet 67P, blowing off some steam...

Comet 67P, blowing off some steam...  Beautiful photo captured a few days ago by the Rosetta robotic explorer.  It's still orbiting the comet, but later this year they're going to try to make a soft landing on the comet.  This is something the orbiter was never designed to do, and there's a very good chance they'll break something on Rosetta when making the attempt.  If they succeed, though, there's the chance they'll get to do some more interesting observations right from the surface...

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