article_snippet.sent: The first image was taken at 7:13am BST (2:13am EST) on 12 March, and the second was taken two minutes later.
article_snippet.sent: The two images, released yesterday, were taken by the Osiris camera on Esa’s Rosetta spacecraft from a distance of 47 miles (75km), according to Esa.
article_snippet.sent: This was a chance discovery,’ said Osiris principal investigator Dr Holger Sierks from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Germany.
article_snippet.sent: It is possible that the first rays of sunlight hit some cliffs or outcrops that remained hidden to Rosetta due to the orbital position at the time,’ said Osiris scientist Dr Jean-Baptiste Vincent, also from the MPS.
article_snippet.sent: From data collected by the two proves, Esa said that water on the comet was different to that on Earth - suggesting water on our world came from an asteroid, not a comet.
article_snippet.sent: This recent image was taken on 15 April from a distance of 103 miles (165km).
article_snippet.sent: This recent image was also taken on 15 April, from a distance of 106 miles (170km) from the comet’s centre.
highlights_snippet.sent: The event was captured by the Osiris camera on the Rosetta spacecraft .
  