Names are a strange thing in astronomy. Sometimes scientists come up with grandiose, simple name, like the Extremely Large ...

After more than a decade in space and two years of studying Comet 67P, the Rosetta spacecraft smashed into its cosmic companion on Sept. 30, 2016, as intended, in an epic mission finale.

The Rosetta Stone contained a decree written in three different types of writing. When it was discovered, no one new how to read hieroglyphics, but after many years, the code was cracked.

How 2 quasars at the dawn of time could be a Rosetta stone for the early universe. Keith Cooper. Tue, June 18, ... Back during the cosmic dawn — which describes the first billion years of cosmic ...

Its value as the key that unlocked the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphs is world-famous—but the turbulent history surrounding the Rosetta Stone’s discovery and translation is more obscure.

The newly discovered double quasar, J121503.42–014858.7 and J121503.55–014859.3 — referred to as C1 and C2 by their discoverers — was spotted using the Subaru Telescope on Hawaii's Mauna ...