Rosetta-Alice spectrograph obtains first far ultraviolet spectra of a cometary surface
Friday, September 5, 2014 - 00:30
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Alice ultraviolet spectrograph aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta comet orbiter has delivered its first scientific discoveries. Rosetta, in orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is the first spacecraft to study a comet up close.