Rosetta-Alice spectrograph obtains first far ultraviolet spectra of a cometary surface
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 14:31
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Alice ultraviolet (UV) 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.