Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta's closest approach to the sun
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
A firework display is often the finale of a celebratory event, something that many people can experience and enjoy at the same time. This week, the 9 – 14th August, we should be seeing a firework display with a difference: rather than sparks shooting from the ground upwards, they will be falling downwards. And there is actually something worth celebrating up there, as comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko simultaneously reaches its closest approach to the sun.