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Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P. The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice. The dots moving in the background are stars.

Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

This set of images was acquired by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft on 1 June 2016, and was processed by @landru79.bsky.social. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA

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Stuart Levy
@howhighmoon.bsky.social

Are the starfield-with-foreground-streaks from some real imagery? The credits to this piece mention www.esa.int/Science_Expl... , and there are quite a few animations there. I've skipped around in them but can't find one with anything like those starfields - can anyone else?

esa.intRosettaFollow Europe's comet chaser Rosetta on ESA's official website, where you can find the latest news, images and animations on the spacecraft and its lander Philae.Rosetta will rendezvous with comet 67P...