After a bounce, Rosetta's Philae lander serves up cometary surprises
Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 22:30
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists with the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission may have had a scare when the Philae lander bounced off of the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but the bumpy touchdown actually had a silver lining: It allowed them to take measurements in two separate spots instead of one.