Rosetta Comet Chaser: Exploring Our Infinite Origins

On January 20, 2014, a silent spacecraft 700 million kilometers from the Sun began to wake up, ending a high-stakes, 32-month period of total electrical hibernation. This was Rosetta, a multi-billion kilometer odyssey designed to answer the ultimate question: Did life on Earth begin in the cold reaches of space? By chasing and eventually landing the Philae probe on the chaotic, "duck-shaped" surface of Comet 67P, an international team of scientists pushed the limits of Newtonian physics and mode...

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