Caught on Camera! Comet-Chasing Probe Spots Its Target

Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 11:31 in Astronomy & Space

It's just a speck among the stars — but for the European Space Agency's Rosetta comet-chasing spacecraft, it's a biggie. These pictures, released Thursday, show Rosetta's target for the first time since the solar-powered probe woke up from two and a half years of hibernation.    

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