rosetta launched ten years ago. it traveled 6.4 billion kilometers through space, three times around the earth. once around mars. it's been in deep space hibernation for a couple of years. but now it's performed this last crucial maneuver, a braking maneuver because it was traveling quicker than the comet. now it is orbit which is exciting. i'm here with the science operations coordinator for rosetta. >> hi. >> describe this final maneuver. it was kind of a braking maneuver. >> absolutely. one meter per second braking all designed to put the spacecraft in front of the comet, ready for the next phase of the mission which is to study the comet up close and personal, to get an idea of in september we can start orbiting directly. it's now 100 kilometers from the comet. >> we took unusual pictures. most people expect a misshapen potato. this one looks like a rubber duck in space. how difficult does it make things. >> it doesn't make things easier. rosetta is exciting. we don't do it because it's easy. we are there to stu

so it's fitting that the mission is called rosetta, you know, rosetta stone helped us decode what was going on in ancient egypt while the rosetta mission will help scientists determine what was going on in ancient solar system. >> what about the process of landing successfully on the comet. that must be pretty tricky? >> very, very tricky indeed. and part of the trouble is, that comets are very, very small objects. they're not very massive. they don't have a lot of gravity, when the lander goes to land, they want to put that thing down in exactly the right place, so it doesn't bounce right off. it has a harpoon it will send into the comet to anchor itself. and it has some articulating legs to maneuver around. it's a tricky maneuver, we still have a lot to go. the real fun begins, rosetta is going to track the comet for the next year, as it heats up, as this beautiful stuff develops in the sky and we can see the coma, coma means hair. coma is a hairy star. that coma is huge, and we'll track it as the comet goes close to the sun and even around the sun a year from now. when it could rea

from the images rosetta has sent back. the latest ones revealed 67 p is made of two pieces joined together. the neck or connecting part has a much brighter spot, which means it has a different composition or grain size. it could even be ice. and they've learned more from studying changes in the signals coming from rosetta. >> the nucleus is pulling the spacecraft out of its planned orbit. and that can be seen as a shift in frequency of the transmitted radio signal from the spacecraft. >> reporter: on its way, rosetta flew past two asteroids including this one called luticia. scientists can't wait to get their hands on more data when rosetta starts orbiting comet 67 p on wednesday and lands a probe on its nucleus in november. >> the amazing thing about that is just to put a decade into your life's work for this one shot to hope it works. >> they're very excited. >> that would not work for us at all. >> not at all. >>> millions of people in japan are facing dangerous combination this week. >> a powerful typhoon approaching a

matt taylor, rosetta's project scientist. how exciting was it when you had the news that rosetta had finally got into orbit. >> i'm gob-smacked. i lost my words for a moment. we are able to start the science we have been talking about for over a decade. >> you're so dedicated to the mission. i heard you have had a tattoo. can we have a look? >> you want me to flash my leg? yes, you can. it's on my thigh. >> so what you have here is the lander on the surface. >> this is how confident i am with the mission that we have already landed. i think the tattoo did a good job in describing some of the features on the comet, even before we had seen it. that was a good job. >> that's confidence. tell me about the next stage of the mission. the first is audacious. the next part people say is bonkers. we are trying to set down a lander on the surface of the comet. >> we are looking at how this comet is now, how it -- trying to track that. then it will go summer next year when it comes close to the sun and it is most active. we have a rings

the chase may be over, but rosetta has only just got started. many believe that within the comet lies the evidence of how the sun and solar system formed. scientists hope its observations of the cold, nomadic rock now it orbits will teach us about the origins of the solar system and perhaps even life itself. mari ramos, cnn center. >>> typhoon halong continues to be on track for landfall in japan saturday. >> yeah, let's bring in meteorologist alexandra steele with more on this. alexandra, what does it look like? >> yeah, this typhoon is the third super typhoon of this year along in the western pacific. so they've seen an awful lot. it's no longer a super typhoon. it's now a tie fan, but it is restrengthening again. can you see it here quite clearly. maximum sustained winds at 165. gusts to 205. but the problem with this is not only what this will do but what the history has done. here's the history of halong. it moved west and now north really with a beeline towards southern japan. but before this typhoon gets there, we had a tropical storm tha

milestone, the work is far from over for rosetta. in november, it's to send a lander to touch down on the comet's surface. >> now, scientists believe understanding more about comets could help us here on earth. know more about some pretty significant mysteries. for more on that, let's bring in former nasa astronaut leroy chile joining us from houston, texas. you are formerly with nasa. this is a european effort. what was your reaction when you saw that the rosetta spacecraft made its ten-year journey? yesterday i described it as a romance story. it's been this probe pursuing this partner for moeshre than a decade, and now they're dancing together. i wonder if your reaction was romantic. >> oh, absolutely. this is fantastic. this is a huge deal, something that's never been done before, and it's a big step. >> now, this is a single comet. i guess it's nicknamed tory. what can we learn? what can this single thing flying out there in space teach us about our own origins? >> the sensors and probes aboard the spacecraft will be able to tel

after 10 years in a journey of almost 6.5 billion kilometers, the rosetta probe finally reaches its destination. >> and the fight to contain ebola -- five new cases reported in nigeria. could a new serum offer hope to those battling the disease? but we want to start off with pensions that continue to flare in ukraine. new fighting has erupted in the country's western-eastern region where government troops stepped up their efforts to retake key areas from the rebels. >> at least 18 ukrainian soldiers have been killed in clashes with separatist, but kiev denies accusations that government planes carried out an airstrike on the city. >> and a provocative move, nato says russia has ramped up its number of troops along the border with ukraine, warning it could beginning up to stage an in -- it could be gearing up to stage an invasion, something moscow vehemently denies. >> residents say an aircraft fired missiles over rebel stronghold donetsk during the night. russian tv broadcast what it said were images that showed an airstrike being carried out by ukrainian military planes, but kiev denies there

. >> it has taken a decade for the rosetta spacecraft to catch up with the comment. it is so far away that each radio command takes 23 minutes to get there. the encounter is right on target. what is remarkable about the mission is the comment is racing along at about 34,000 miles per hour. the team here has managed to get the rosetta spacecraft to match the speed and fly alongside it. that has never been achieved before. the plan is to go one step further. smallf all goes well, a one will be released earlier this year. can be sure if this is possible. already scientists are studying the comment to look for a landing site. imagine trying to pick somewhere safe on this bizarre surface. there is a lot still unknown. somethingld expect from the hardness of concrete to the softness of candy. that is what makes this mission different from something like going to mars where you are certain you know what it will feel like. bex the reason for all of the effort, comments may have collided with the early earth carbon,ght water and ingredients vital for kickstarting life. visiti

he says one of the most eye opening example, rosetta stone. which is made in america by american workers. it turns out some people are copying it, saying it's made here when it's not. >> this looks like the rosetta stone that you would order from the american company. >> right. >> and yet this one came from -- >> from china. >> reporter: in fact, look closer at the spelling errors. 100% guaranteed missing an e. even the state department spelled wrong. and the peace corps, look how they spelled this. who made this? >> these are two websites side by side. >> correct. >> one is the real thing and one is the fake. >> can you tell which? >> reporter: we were stumped. >> it's really hard to tell. which one is fake and which one is the real thing. >> reporter: all different websites selling rosetta stone and all of them fake. >> if you go to the real website you'll find this picture from the woman? >> exact picture. >> they have stolen this picture of the woman from the real website. >> reporter: just imagine tonight how those american workers on the

rosetta is less than 230 kilometers away. once there they hope to find clues to the origin of our own solar system. rosetta will be the first spacecraft to orbit a comet and then land a probe on the nucleus instead of flying by to snap pictures. >> for the very first time you're going to learn a lot and it will be the basis for new experiments. it's like building a building. >> reporter: this has taken shape. the latest ones show 67-p is two pieces joined together. the neck or connecting part has a different spot. it could even be ice and they've learned more from studying changes in the signals coming from rosetta. >> the nucleus is pulling the spacecraft out of its planned orbit and that can be seen as a shift in frequency of the transmitter radio signal from the spacecraft. >> reporter: on its way rosetta flew past two as steroids. scientists can't wait to get their hands on more data when they start orbiting on wednesday and lands a probe on the nucleus in november. >> big day in space news. >>> do stay with us. news cont

space agency provided these pictures taken from rosetta. the milestone sets the stage for man kind's first attempt to land the space craft on a comet. if all goes planned, rosetta will drop a lander in november. a researcher is moving ahead with another project for the red planet developing the sky crane system. this commission it would take samples for study. he says it could be the first phase of three separate missions. >> another mission would return to the surface with a big rocket. put samples in orbit around mars. then, a third mission will collect and bring them back to earth. >> he says nasa still hasn't decided whether it will undertake the missions but is getting a lot of encouragement to do so. >> want to try your luck at lottery? there is a store becoming synonymous with winning. it's jenny's. two gift stores have sold megamillions tickets. last december, the jenny's on tully road sold a ticket for $636 million. >> wow. >> officials laufrnled an improved version of the lucky retailer site where you can enter an address and look

and ten years chasing, the rosetta spacecraft is the first to rendezvous with a comet. why is diversity in the workforce so lacking. >> the 72 hour cease-fire between israel and hamas is still holding. israel has agreed to extend it. this comes in the talks of a longer truce but the two sides have not reached an agreement yet u.n. secretary ban ki-moon demanded an end to the senseless cycle of ur suffering. we have more now from the united nations. >> this meeting was a chance for all u.n. member states to hear the latest information on gaza and to express their views. the meeting started with a serious of--a series of briefings. all recognizing israel security concerns in the region, but tended to focus on the suffering of palestinians on this confli conflict. we heard about the need of accountability for attacks on u.n. facilities in gaza. some goose were bombed, resulting in civilian casualties and we heard ban ki-moon and others call this for violation of international law and calling for accountability. we heard from officials about the need to lift the blockade fr

space agency provided these pictures taken from rosetta. the milestone sets the stage for man kind's first attempt to land the space craft on a comet. if all goes planned, rosetta will drop a lander in november. a researcher is moving ahead with another project for the red planet developing the sky crane system. this commission it would take samples for study. he says it could be the first phase of three separate missions. >> another mission would return to the surface with a big rocket. put samples in orbit around mars. then, a third mission will collect and bring them back to earth. >> he says nasa still hasn't decided whether it will undertake the missions but is getting a lot of encouragement to do so. >> want to try your luck at lottery? there is a store becoming synonymous with winning. it's jenny's. two gift stores have sold megamillions tickets. last december, the jenny's on tully road sold a ticket for $636 million. >> wow. >> officials laufrnled an improved version of the lucky retailer site where you can enter an address and look

space agency is supporting the marzieh afkham --the rosetta probe as it tries to land on a comet. >> we have to characterize the comment, characterize it, learn how to fly, find a landing site, and then you are ready for landing in november. >> rosetta will be 60 miles away fromhe comet as it makes its observations to learn more about the stars, and planets. clouds are moving into the region. >> apple made a huge splash with their is an -- with the there campaign, and now there is a shoe for that. there are two applications. >> fans and critics on social media are speculating it could be ironic, but the company is not commenting on its intentions just yet. >> you might need more than a stellar know for the rain we are going to get today -- stiletto for the rain that we are going to get. >> not all of us will get wet today. 40% chance, but be ready for it to linger into the evening commute. [d[dramatic music] ♪ >> hey! what's up, fella? what's up? what up? what's up, dog? [cheers and applause] >> how you doing? >> what's up, man? welcome, man. >> thank you. >> hey, what's going on?

after 10 years in orbit europe's rosetta rendezvous's with a comet. the cease-fire in the middle east is now in its second day, the longest break in fighting in a month. the truce is meant to give way to indirect peace talks between israel and the palestinians. delegations from both sides are communicating in cairo to try to establish more long-term security in the middle east. >> hopes for a lasting peace in the middle east, but at what cost? palestinian's and israelis dictate their conditions. those talks begin in cairo. finding common ground will be difficult. for hamas and all palestinian parties, before anything else, israel must lift the blockade in gaza. >> we hope the egyptian position leads to an arab and international agreement, which in turn leads to actual international pressure on israel to lift the siege of the gaza strip. >> strict israeli sanctions have stalled the economy in this small strip of land, crammed with nearly 2 million people. the palestinian delegation is demanding the opening of border crossings that the authorized fishin

the european space agency launched rosetta and it is been quite a journey. it is 250 million miles from earth and two and half miles across comet. rosetta will launch a landing vehicle that will tether itself to the surface of the comet and they will record the data as they follow the orbit beyond the planet jupir. >> investigators who try to get to the bottom of the massive data breach after a russian gang is accused of stealing user name and pass word combinations from hundreds of e-mail addresses. is there going to do to protect yourself? we have the founder of save leg. good to see you. >> hi, arthel. >> we are talking about a range of businesses. smallest website and fortune 500 companies. is the internet the new terrain for cyber crime? >> yes, arthel. i have been on many times talking about this. and this is the same movie and outcome. the internet created so much wealth and lots of opportunity. but it has allowed the rise of organized crime because it transends borders and states. i can be sit nothingro mania and take money. >> i said cyber crime. it

. >>> after a journey of 4 billion miles, the unmanned rosetta probe reached its destination. the european space agent said it used a seven-minute thrust to swing alongside the comet now 67-p. the milestone says the stage for mankind first attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet. >> today is the beginning of the real science mission. what it's made of can we open up this treasure chest and find out some answers to the origin of water on the planet, even origin of life itself. >> they provided the pictures of the surface taken from rosetta. the next phase of the mission will be to orbit 67-p at a distance of 60 miles and observe it as it hurdles toward the sun. if all goes according to plan, rosetta will attempt the unprecedented feet of dropping the lander on to the duck-shaped comet in december. >>> two major hurricanes are racing toward the islands, prompting a warning to go up for the big island in just the last few hours. meanwhile, residents in honolulu are taking no chances. they crowded the costco store to stock up on essentials. hurricane iselle. the governor encountri

thanks to the european space agency, a probe called rosetta reached its target a comet several kilometers wide. >> today is the beginning of the real science mission because now we can start measuring things, really analyzing this comet, finding out what its history is, where it's been in the solar system, what it's be made of. >> since blasting off from french ge giana, are following t moving closer to the sun. >> rosetta being closer oto the sun so that the sun illuminates the nucleus of the comet, staying 100 meters apart. >> first, perhaps this november, it will deliver a lander to the comet to drill on the surface. >> what we are looking for is pristine material out of which the solar system has been formed. this material is uncontaminated and hitting there like in the nucleus of the comet. >> we know our earth has a great deal of water on it. we don't know exactly where it came from and it's likely comets have a lot to do with that process. >> images have shown the comet in some detail but scientists hope it soon could give us a good idea what our own planet looked like at the birth

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. >> after a 10-year journey through space, a spacecraft "rosetta", will be the first in history to meet with a comment. the size of a mountain. nadine barber has more on the significance of the rhonda view. >> reporter: celebrations in germany at the end of a hib erpation, and the reawakening of a spacecraft called "rosetta", it's been travelling the solar system for a decade. on wednesday it's due to get within 100km of a comet. if all goes well, it will be the first space mission to rhonda view with a comment. convenience, the spacecraft will be diverted, such that we'll be nearby the comment, we'll look carefully at the comet and build to fly around it. >> images taken in later weeks shows the comment in a fair amount of detail. what is the fascination with the object. >> comets are primitive bodies, they can tell us about the formation of the solar system, and in particular about where vital comments such as water came from. we know that our earth has a great deal of water. we don't know where it came from. it's likely that comets had a lot to do with the process. >> since blasting

. >> images taken by rosetta. it has been speeding into space for ten years, to reach the comet 300 million miles from the sun. is now slowing down to maneuver into position. >> august 6th, we approached close to the comet. >> rosetta will be the first craft to orbit a comet. >> it going to give us a view of the entire comet. and so look at great pictures >> it's carrying a draft that will be deployed with instruments. >> will give us a chance to find out what this is made of? >> now, figuring out where to land is trickier than expected. >> we can only land on one place. >> the comet is only a couple miles wide, kind of fluffy. >> go to the kitchen and grab a dry sponge. it's about density of the comet. >> latest data shows temperatures is 94 degrees below 0. ices are turning into gas. gas is water vapor. losing two bottles of water every day. >> this exhibit uses chunks of dry ice it's the kind of activity scientists hope to see for themselves with crews to better understand how our solar system formed. >> we fin

also ahead this wednesday, after a ten-year chase across the solar system, the european rosetta spacecraft has reached its destination. a comet billions of miles away. >> ifill: plus, california scientists and engineers develop a network of sensors that can detect earthquakes before they hit. >> the sensors are very sensitive. imagine a football field, and you lift it up on one end, slide a human hair underneath it, and the sensors could detect that lift. >> ifill: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: investigators in afghanistan tod

the spacecraft rosetta just caught up to the comet it's been chasing for more than a decade. chris hatfield is a former commanders of the international space station. welcome. >> thanks very much, carol. glad to talk with you today. >> i'm glad you're here. i'm trying to figure out how you can land anything on a comet because it's composed of ice and dust and when it passes the sun it develops a long tail, so how is that possible? >> that's one of the reasons we're there, carol, is to try and figure that out. right now the comet is in between jupiter and mars and it's falling towards the sun. it's taken us ten years to catch up with it. this little spacecraft let earth over ten years ago and it's come around earth a few times and around mars, but finally it's just sneaking into orbit next to this comet. in a little while it's going to fire a little lander that weighs about 220 pounds. it will land on the surface and try to figure out what comets are made of. >> why is that important? >> there are a whole bunch of reasons of course. the history of the earth. the earth is three

. >> images taken by rosetta. it has been speeding into space for ten years, to reach the comet 300 million miles from the sun. is now slowing down to maneuver into position. >> august 6th, we approached close to the comet. >> rosetta will be the first craft to orbit a comet. >> it going to give us a view of the entire comet. and so look at great pictures >> it's carrying a draft that will be deployed with instruments. >> will give us a chance to find out what this is made of? >> now, figuring out where to land is trickier than expected. >> we can only land on one place. >> the comet is only a couple miles wide, kind of fluffy. >> go to the kitchen and grab a dry sponge. it's about density of the comet. >> latest data shows temperatures is 94 degrees below 0. ices are turning into gas. gas is water vapor. losing two bottles of water every day. >> this exhibit uses chunks of dry ice it's the kind of activity scientists hope to see for themselves with crews to better understand how our solar system formed. >> we fin

the space agency announced wednesday that its rosetta probe has made a rendezvous with a comet. check out these images. look at that. >> yeah, rosetta traveled for more than a decade in pursuit of this single comet. and despite the milestone, the work is far from over. a short time ago i spoke with former u.s. astronaut leroy chao. >> this is a huge deal. it's something that's never been done before, and it's a big step. >> now, this is a single comet. i guess it's nicknamed torre, but what can we learn? what can this single thing flying out there in space teach us about our origins? >> the sensors and probes will be able to tell us more about what the composition is, especially in november after the lander is deployed, and we anticipate it will successfully land, and it will shoot a harpoon into the surface so it can anchor itself there and then make more measurements. and we'll learn a lot more about what it's like -- or what the composition of comets like this are like. so it's going to be huge from a scientific standpoint as well as from an operational standpoint. as you kno

it's rosetta space craft is or georbitingorbiting around come e first time. it will start the process of determining a landing sight. they hope to make history again in the next few months. dropping a probe into that comet. fox's craig palkot reports from london on this major achieveme achievement. >> reporter: it was an unpress depthed maneuver that paid off. after 10 years of travel the european space agency rosetta space craft caught up with a comet and is now orbiting around it. >> it was a long journey and now that it has arrived, the comet this is a really emotional moment. >> reporter: scientists calling it a landmark stage in the decade long space mission. they're hoping it will help unlock some of the secrets of the solar system. >> today is the beginning of the real science mission because now we can start actually measuring things, really analyzing this comet finding out what it's history is. where it's been in the solar system. what it's made of. >> reporter: space craft will stay in orbit with the comet named 67p until november when it will attem

lou: european space agent, rosetta spacecraft the first to rendezvous with a comet, after a 4 billion mile chase through space over the course of a decade, if all goes as planned, rosetta will drop a land or that comet, and the result we hope a better understanding of this giant ball of dust and ice, as it hurdles toward the sun. up next, america's open borders, leading to the death of another border patrol agent. manhattan's institute heather mcdonald with us next. [ male announcer ] it's one of the most amazing things we build and it doesn't even fly. we build it in classrooms and exhibit halls, mentoring tomorrow's innovators. we build it raising roofs, preserving habitats and serving america's veterans. every day, thousands of boeing volunteers help make their communities the best they can be. building something better for all of us. ♪ lou: two illegal immigrants from mexico charged with first-degree murder in shooting death of a off-duty border patrol agent, both have been arrested and de54ed maned -- deported many te before this latest court appear an. appearance. >> good even

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since 2004, the unmanned "rosetta" has been tracking through space look a cosmic pinball to catch a comet, 67-p, it's as hold as the solar system. >> 4.5 billion-year-old time capsule, hey, what were conditions like when the earth was just forming. that's huge. >> reporter: in november, rosetta will try another first, releasing a probe, file to harness to the surface for a close up exam. >> there is so much excitement about the mission. it is really this incredible detktive work that science is all about. >> reporter: scientists hope, rosetta and its lander unlock clues, that the comet long ago brought ingredient for life here. >> it could be the comet seeded the earth with building blocks for life. when you are studying a comet you are studying something ancient, gorgeous and had an impact on human culture and may have had an impact on the water and life on earth as well. >> reporter: a small craft traveling billions of miles into space to solve the mystery of life on earth. clayton sanld, abc news, denver. >> fascinating stuff. costs apparently $1 billion for the mission. the u.s. not c

lou: european space agent, rosetta spacecraft the first to rendezvous with a comet, after a 4 billion mile chase through space over the course of a decade, if all goes as planned, rosetta will drop a land or that comet, and the result we hope a better understanding of this giant ball of dust and ice, as it hurdles toward the sun. up next, america's open borders, leading to the death of another border patrol agent. border patrol agent. manhattan's institute heather when folks think about what they get from alaska, border patrol agent. manhattan's institute heather they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. lou: two illegal immigrants from mexico charged with first-degree murder in sh

. >> they were taken by rosetta, a spacecraft operated by the european space agency which created this animation. it has been speeding into space for the last ten years to reach the comet 300 million miles from the sun. slowing down to maneuver into position. >> we really approached close to the comet. we'll be within tens of miles. may be from san francisco to palo alto. we'll be that far away. >> rosetta will be the first spacecraft to ever orbit a comet. >> that will give us a view from above of the entire comet. and so we'll get great high resolution pictures. >> it is carrying a small landing craft that will be deployed in november with instruments to drill. >> it will give us a real chance to final out what is this comet made of. >> now that they know there are two distinct parts, figuring out where to land is trickier than expected. >> we can only hand on one place. so which of the two will we land on? >> the comet is only a couple of miles wide. and kind of fluffy. >> to go your kitchen and grab a dry sponge. that dry sponge is about the density of the comet. >> the latest data

rosetta has arrived, what's next? in the words of the head of the european space agency, discoveries can start. joining us now from philadelphia is al jazeera contributor dr. derrick pitts, great to see you as always. comets have fascinated people since people have been around and now we can actually reach out and soon actually touch one of these. the pictures are amazing. they see all kinds of as far as features including boulders the size of houses, 500 foot cliffs and all kinds of craters. how are scientists reacting to what we're seeing? >> scientists are very excited about what's come up with the visit of rosetta at this comet. the images are so incredibly enticing. the resolution is very great. they are very excited about digging into the science of what's happening at this comet. >> how big is this comet compared to others? i know it's two miles by two and a half miles. it's about as wide as manhattan but not nearly as long. >> it's not unusual in a size for a comet. you know comets can range in size and this i

one reason, the overall scientific reason, why is it called rosetta? comets are fossilized pieces of. unlike earth, that stuff contains things from the 4.5 billion-year-old history of the solar system. understanding comets this way is something like understanding ancient languages of our civilization to know how origins are life are here on earth? on the second level if a comet hits the earth that's the size of this comet. >> what would happen? >> our civilization would be gravely under threat. something about this size, 65 million years ago hit the earth and the dinosaurs are extinct. we'd like to know how to stop it if we do that, we have to go and find it. >> giant blow torch if it's a huge snowball. >> it would be nice, it's carrying as much kinetic energy as many, many times as all the nuclear weapons put together. we have to be much more subtle in our way of solving. and in the short-term, this is one of the crowning triumphs of the recent space program worldwide and nasa contributed to it primarily european space agency program and we know ever

it's likely comets had a lot to do with the process. >> reporter: since blasting off 10 years ago rosetta has travelled 6 billion. it will accompany the comet around the sun. then at the end of this year it will deliver a small lander. scientists in germany tested the harpoon used to fasten the lander to the comets surface. >> translation: the challenge is we know almost nothing about the comet and knew less when we built the probe. we don't know what the surface is like, whether it's soft or hard like ice. >> by the end of next year they hope to know more. enough to provide clues as to what the planet looked like at the birth of the solar system. >> still ahead - a delightful surprise for an argentinian activist who campaigned for them to be reunited with their missing children. the first big debate of scotland's independentens referendum campaign. >> reporter: these girls and basketball, why it's more than a game. all this and more in a moment. @ >>> you're on the newshour in al jazeera. a welcome to viewers in the united states. these are the headlines - the humanitarian ceasefire is h

to get there the rosetta probe arrival was no overnight achievement. it has been in space for ten years. when it's close enough the probe will carry out a set of complex maneuvers to get as near as possible to determine a landing site. once it gets close if you have it will deploy a landing craft to estimate the comment's make up. >> reporter: the result as nothing less than groundbreaking. for the first time a spacecraft has caught up with a comment. a probe called rosetta has been traveling th for a decade. >> it's the beginning of the real assistance mission. now we can start measuring things, really analyzing the commit, finding out what it's history is, what it's made of. >> since passing off from french guillen in a, in a way it's journey is just beginning. between now and the end of 2015 it has been flying closer to the son. >> they seek it's own navigation coming around, and they're hundred meters apart. >> they will deliver landers carrying a drill to take samples from under the surface. >> what we are looking for there is evidence for pristin

it's called rosetta. take a look at this animation from the european space agency. you can see the satellite's path as it dovetails with the comet. later, rosetta will release a small probe that will land on the comet's surface. >>> and back here on earth, it's being called the largest data breach ever. 1.2 million, roughly the same as china. the breach impacted around 420,000 websites, from small sites to fortune 500 companies. joining me here on the set is anthony roman and maggie, senior writer for c-net. thank you both for being here. anthony, the group claiming responsibility for this is cyber -- >> they are similar except at the top of their game to other cyber rings in europe. they have no extradition so they are beyond the reach of the law. they compromise local law enforcement through bribery and they have been successful. to date, this crime ring along with the others, compromised $500 billion. >> it's a bigger economic terrorist threat that could bring down the country in huge ways and it's a significant story. maggie, on an individual level, though, what

it will be to land on the surface of rosetta. they'll be at a time when the comet is getting closer to the sun. the nucleus is active and ejecting a lot of materials. at that point it is going to detect this activity. certainly what we are looking for is evidence of pristine material, out of which the solar system was formed. it's material that has not been contaminated, and is hitting inside the nucleus of the comment. >> how does that, in the 21st century help us understand space, time and the evaluation of the solar system. how does it benefit me here in doha or you in london? >> this is been astronomy space science tist. it doesn't have an immediate exact. it's long term. we are capitalizing from the investigation and research. we are exactly right now finds the ways to fight endemics like ebola outbreaks, outreach in africa. all these things are kind of ways of technology making progress, and understanding more about the europe verse and the environment -- universe and the environment. for example, we are talking about mars,

rosetta will come within about 60 miles of the comet. it will try to drop the space probe on the comet later this year. >>> the federal government is considering a ban on electric shock devices used on teens and adults with disabilities. >> they have been coming under scrutiny since a tame came out in 2012. it shows a student tied to a restraint board being shocked 31 times. anna werner has been hearing from both sides. anna, good morning. >> good morning. this center is the only place in the nation using electric shock on people with developmental abilities including autism. for some people with severe behaviors, the shock program is the only thing that can stop them from hurting themselves or others, but others including the former student you're about to hear from told the fda the shock devices should be banned. >> i felt abused. >> reporter: her name is jennifer and she's on the autism spectrum. for seven years she lived that center in massachu uses electric shocks to treat some students' harmful behavior. she wore a backpack like th

a comment-chasing space probe named rosetta finally reached its destination. it has been chasing the 67-p comet for more than a decade. this is an animation of what the comet looks like. if all goes according to plan, rosetta will drop the first ever lander onto a comet this coming november. scientists hope this will help them learn more about the oerrin of comets, stars and planets. >>> let's check in again with chuck bell. how's it feeling out there? >> plenty of clouds but sunshine making its way onto the front lawn allowing for a delightful warmup. news from around town, there's the national harbor camera looking back over the woodrow wilson bridge. plenty of sunshine on the capital beltway. plenty of clouds out there. storm team 4 radar is showing a couple of showers. temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. there's the showers now, northern montgomery county, frederick county, about ready to move into northern loudoun county as well. if you're headed out for lunch, may want to have the umbrella with you just to be safe. i can't rule out a rumble or two