article_snippet: comet 67p/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
article_snippet: The Rosetta probe, which was carrying European Space Agency, launched into space in 2004, using the gravity of Earth and Mars to slingshot the comet way towards comet
article_snippet: the comet chased comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko through space for more than ten years, and entered orbit in August 2014.
article_snippet: Scientists recently 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: The European Space Agency has now turned on the communication unit on the Rosetta spacecraft that is orbiting the comet.
article_snippet: Comet 67p is now 186 million miles (300 million km) from the sun.
article_snippet: Scientists described the comet's surface as being more like a trampoline, causing the probe to rebound so far.
article_snippet: The duck-shaped comet 67p/Churyumove-Geraismenko is moving closer to the sun and warming up as
article_snippet: Among the discoveries to have been released so far is that the comet's surface appears to be made of a very hard 'sintered' ice.
article_snippet: From several miles above the comet, Rosetta has also continued to provide a constant stream of images and data since Rosetta arrived.
article_snippet: The image above is a composite of four pictures taken by the Rosetta probe while flying 12 miles above the surface of the 2.4 mile wide comet 67p and shows the dramatic landscape that surrounds the lander .
article_snippet: Comet 67p is due to reach Comet 67p closest point to the sun in August this year and this is when scientists believe scientists have the best chance of hearing back from the lander.