Rosetta Spacecraft Sees the 'Dark Side' of a Comet (Photos)
Friday, November 7, 2014 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Rosetta has been studying Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for months, but the comet's southern side has always been cloaked in darkness. Now, light-scattering dust particles have allowed a fuzzy first glimpse of 67P's dark side.