Planetary scientists suggest that Pluto was put together from a billion comets Did Pluto form like its closer-in brethren in the solar system, or is it the result of an agglomeration of… Read More
Animated GIF shows ‘snow’ on Rosetta’s comet – and sends chills around the world It’s been 19 months since the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko ended, but the probe’s pictures stirred… Read More
Cyrus Biotech raises $8M to boost protein modeling toolkit for drug discovery Cyrus Biotechnology is getting an $8 million infusion for its cloud-based protein modeling and design toolkit, thanks to a Series… Read More
‘Farewell, Rosetta’: Europe’s mission to a comet ends with a bittersweet bang The European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe today descended to a mission-ending impact on the comet that it followed for more than two… Read More
Philae found at last! Rosetta probe spots lost lander stuck in a comet’s crack After almost two years’ of searching, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has shown scientists what happened to the Philae… Read More
Pow! Rosetta probe spots comet eruption The scientists behind the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to a comet today released an amazing series of pictures showing… Read More
Rosetta makes ‘closest-ever’ flyby of comet, more spectacular pictures to come this summer The European Space Agency has reported that spacecraft Rosetta has made its “closest-ever encounter” with a comet. Rosetta came within… Read More
