This image of Comet  67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko was taken by Rosetta on July 8, 2015 as the spacecraft and comet headed toward their closest approach to the sun. On August 13, 2015 -- the pair will come about 116 million miles (186 million kilometers) from the sun. Rosetta was about 125 miles (201 kilometers) from the comet when it took this image on July 8, 2015. Mission managers backed the probe away from the comet was spraying out streams of materials as it neared the sun.
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