Rosetta, Europe's Comet-Chasing Spacecraft: Latest News, Images and Video
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The finding shows that oxygen can be generated in space without the need for life, and could influence how researchers search for signs of life on exoplanets.

By Tim Sharp Published
Rosetta was a spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency with a 10-year mission to rendezvous with a comet.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is a small body visited by the Rosetta spacecraft in the first mission to land on a comet.

By Nola Taylor Tillman Published
Material from the sun may have caused Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to flare up nearly 100 times brighter than average in some parts of the visual spectrum, new research reports.

By Mike Wall Published
Comet outbursts are likely caused by landslides rather than pressure-based eruptions from the icy bodies' interiors, a new study suggests.
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