Rosetta set to witness cosmic firework display as comet 67P nears the sun
by Ian Sample, science editor from on (#H6J0)
Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko, shadowed by the Rosetta spacecraft, will make its closest approach to the sun at 3.03 am BST on Thursday morning
Mission scientists have prepared the Rosetta spacecraft for a cosmic fireworks display as it chaperones the speeding comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko through its closest encounter with the sun.
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