Comet crash: a guide to Rosetta’s big finale

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 07:41 in Astronomy & Space

Spacecraft will strive to the end to capture best-ever comet images during descent.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2016.20682

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