Scientists have revealed the spot on Comet 67P where the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft will make its descent later this year. The probe has been orbiting since early August, mapping the surface and analysing dust and gases that are already erupting from the three-mile-wide ball of rock and ice.
But in mid-November the European Space Agency (ESA) will detach the Philae lander from the probe and begin a seven-hour descent to the surface - the first mission of its kind. The ESA has chosen Site 'J', one of five shortlisted targets, after several days of deliberations.The first ever landing on a comet
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