The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
On 30 September 2016, the Rosetta mission concluded with a controlled impact onto Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, taking one last image.
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On 30 September 2016, the Rosetta mission concluded with a controlled impact onto Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, taking one last image.
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Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, photographed by ESA's Rosetta mission from an altitude of 16 km.
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, photographed by ESA's Rosetta mission from an altitude of 16 km.
I still reel at these phenomenal and atmospheric images of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from the Rosetta spacecraft. Just spectacular art.
I still reel at these phenomenal and atmospheric images of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from the Rosetta spacecraft. Just spectacular art.
The particles in the foreground are bits of dust and ice or cosmic rays effects.
The "waterfall" of points moving in the background are stars.
The particles in the foreground are bits of dust and ice or cosmic rays effects.
The "waterfall" of points moving in the background are stars.
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