Rosetta's Dramatic Comet Death Dive Was Most-Watched Livestream Event of 2016

The dramatic end of Europe's Rosetta comet mission was the most-watched Livestream event of 2016, and another space mission cracked the top five. Less than a month later, on Oct. 16, an ESA news conference about the separation of the ExoMars lander, called Schiaparelli, from its mother ship drew nearly 2.8 million viewers, making the event No. 4 on the list. In case you need more evidence that people love space videos: The five most-watched events in the "Science" category for 2016 all had to do