Following the flawless and history making arrival of the European Space Agency’s ESA Rosetta spacecraft at its long sought destination of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday, Aug. 6, the goal of conducting ground breaking science at this utterly alien and bizarre icy wanderer that looks like a ‘Scientific Disneyland’ can actually begin.
read more What’s Ahead for Rosetta – ‘Finding a Landing Strip’ on Bizarre Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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The Milky Way is blowing huge, mysterious bubbles that stretch for tens of thousands of light years.These ‘Fermi’ bubbles, which are mostly made up of […]
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