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May 18 2015 09:43pm
slowly more results are released:

Scientists from Rosetta’s OSIRIS team have discovered an unusual formation of boulders in the Aker region on the large lobe of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. At first glance they are reminiscent of so-called "balancing rocks" on Earth.


The three curious boulders are found in the Aker region of Comet 67P/C-G, on the comet’s large lobe (in the centre of the region outlined). Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

for the whole story including close-ups -> http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/05/18/osiris-spots-boulders-in-balancing-act/
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May 20 2015 05:16am
Comet on 12 May 2015 – NavCam



Released 19/05/2015 4:00 pm
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This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 12 May 2015 from a distance of 166 km from the comet centre. The image has a resolution of 14 m/pixel and measures 14.5 km across.



Original NAVCAM frame taken on 12 May 2015. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/NavCam – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
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May 20 2015 10:54am
Wow a giant dusty rock flying through space, so fascinating. Lets spend another quadrillion dollars on the research, lets land a dog on it.
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May 20 2015 07:40pm
if you don't like pictures from rocks in space, perhaps this one is more to your liking:



ESA's 35 m-diameter deep-space tracking station at New Norcia, Australia, seen during a dramatic sunset, 11 November 2014.
In March 2003, ESA inaugurated a new deep-space ground tracking station 8 km south of the town of New Norcia, which is about 150 km north of Perth, in Western Australia.
The large, 35 m-diameter antenna was completed in 2002, and engineers conducted pointing tests using NASA’s Stardust mission in the lead up to operational readiness. It entered service as the first of the Agency’s three deep-space ground tracking stations in March 2003, and has been used for communications with Mars Express, Rosetta, Venus Express and Gaia, among other ESA and partner agency missions.
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May 22 2015 11:48pm
another image taken last year during the close orbit has been released (more will come next week):

Babi and Aten – NavCam



Released 22/05/2015 5:00 pm
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This single frame Rosetta navigation camera image of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken on 27 October 2014 from a distance of 9.8 km from the comet centre. The average image scale is approximately 75 cm/pixel and the image measures about 770 m across.


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May 23 2015 04:23pm
and here is where the above image fits in on the comet:

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May 24 2015 05:29am
here a map which shows where babi and aten are:


Regional map of Comet 67P/C-G. Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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Jun 17 2015 12:41am
Apocalypse is near is all I think about when I see these comet asteroid thingies
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Jul 2 2015 02:50am
back after traveling a bit - not as far as rosetta but more than once around the earth
here the official picture from esa re philae waking up (and i am also awake again):



more to come soon
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