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The Rosetta spacecraft captured this image of Comet 67P on September 20, 2016 when the Rosetta was 8.5 miles from the center of the comet. The European Space Agency craft is scheduled to crash-land into the comet on September 30, ending its 10-year, four-billion-mile journey. Scientists decided to crash-land the probe on the comet because its solar panels won't be able to collect enough energy to power Rosetta as it hurtles away from the Sun along 67P's elliptical orbit. (Photo by ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS)
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