A probe sent to the surface of a comet went quiet Saturday, but not before its mothership spent months taking dazzling photographs.
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The Rosetta space probe left earth more than a decade ago. It crossed billions of miles of space, and in August entered orbit around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
On Wednesday, Rosetta's lander Philae finally touched down on the comet's surface.
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