Speed Reads
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft has released its washing machine–sized Philae landing capsule, sending it on its way to land on a comet with the unwieldy name 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 14 miles below. ESA has a livefeed of the landing — though all events at the comet are happening about a half-hour before ESA (and the rest of us) will get word or footage, due to the large distance from Earth. If successful, this will be the first controlled landing on a comet. Watch below. --Peter Weber