On Sept. 5, the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe transmitted dramatic 3-D photographs of 2867 Steins, an asteroid in the belt orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Because of its shape and unusual brightness, Steins has been called a "diamond in the sky."
The Rosetta craft will be approaching the larger asteroid 21 Lutetia in July of 2010, and will actually land on the surface of a comet in November of 2014, and ride on it around the sun for a year! Stay tuned.
