![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150309-comet.jpg?resize=640%2C538)
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150306b.jpg?resize=640%2C640)
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150306-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C637)
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150228-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C637)
Feb. 28 Rosetta captured a profile of the comet surrounded by curving jets of gas and dust from active regions. The spacecraft was 64 miles away.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150225-27-grid.jpg?w=676)
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150220-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C637)
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150218-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C637)
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150214-composite.jpg?resize=637%2C640)
Feb. 14 On Valentine’s Day, Rosetta made its first close flyby of the comet, passing within four miles of the surface. Here the spacecraft looks down on the large depression at the top of the comet’s head.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150214-1612-flyby.jpg?resize=639%2C640)
Feb. 14 An image of the comet’s underbelly taken six miles above the surface during the Valentine’s Day flyby. The smooth plain in the foreground is called Imhotep.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150209-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C640)
Feb. 9 The comet is upside down in this image from 65 miles away, and a fan-shaped jet of dust streams from the comet’s neck region.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150206-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C637)
Feb. 6 Jets of gas and dust extend from the comet’s neck and other sunlit areas in this image taken from 77 miles away.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150203-rosetta.jpg?resize=587%2C640)
Feb. 3 This close-up image of the comet’s neck was taken from 18 miles away, and was the last image taken from orbit around Comet 67P/C-G. Rosetta will continue to follow the comet, but will leave its gravity-bound orbit because of increasing dust and instead begin a series of flybys.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150131-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C597)
Jan. 31 The comet’s head, neck and back are sunlit in this image taken from 17 miles away. A prominent jet of gas and dust extends from an active region of the surface near the comet’s neck.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150116-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C597)
Jan. 16 The tail of the comet’s larger lobe points up, revealing a smooth plain named Imhotep at left. Rosetta was 18 miles away when it took this image.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/150103-comet.jpg?resize=640%2C608)
Jan. 3 The smooth plain named Imhotep, at center right, lies on the comet’s flat underbelly, seen here from a distance of about 18 miles.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/141214-comet.jpg?resize=640%2C608)
Dec. 14, 2014 The large triangular boulder on the flat Imhotep plain is named Cheops, after the Egyptian pyramid. The spacecraft was about 12 miles from the comet when it took this image.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/141210-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C567)
Dec. 10 Sunlight falls between the body and head of the comet, lighting up a large group of boulders in the smooth Hapi region of the comet’s neck. To the right of the boulders, the cliffs of Hathor form the underside of the comet’s head. Rosetta took this image from a distance of 12 miles.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/141202-comet.jpg?resize=640%2C514)
Dec. 2 The round depression in the middle of the comet’s head is filled with shadow in this image taken 12 miles above the comet.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/141122-rosetta.jpg?resize=640%2C621)
Nov. 22 An overexposed image of Comet 67P/C-G from 19 miles away shows faint jets of gas and dust extending from the sunlit side of the comet.
![Philae photo from the surface of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/141113-philae.jpg?resize=640%2C373)
Nov. 12 Rosetta’s washing-machine sized lander Philae successfully touched down on the comet’s head. But anchoring harpoons failed and Philae bounced twice before going missing in the shadow of a cliff or crater (above). Without sunlight Philae quickly lost power, but might revive as the comet gets closer to the sun. On March 12, Rosetta resumed listening for radio signals from the missing lander.
![Rosetta photo of Comet 67P/C-G.](https://i0.wp.com/graphics8.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/03/13/rosetta-warming-comet/assets/NYT_comet_manhattan_gray.jpg?resize=640%2C398)
How big is the comet? The body of Comet 67P/C-G is about as long as Central Park. For images of Rosetta’s rendezvous and the Philae landing, see Landing on a Comet, 317 Million Miles From Home.
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