Philae

Rosetta Witnesses Comet Tail Formation As It Follows Comet 67P

By Peter R - Aug 14, 2015 10:24 AM EDT

ESA's spacecraft is following the comet in its orbit around the sun.

Philae Could Be Looking At Life on Comet 67P

By Peter R - Jul 06, 2015 01:36 PM EDT

Data from the comet can be explained only by life, leading astronomers from Cardiff University have claimed.

ESA Extends Mission, Rosetta Could Join Philae On Comet 67P

By Peter R - Jun 24, 2015 04:43 PM EDT

ESA announced extension by nine months that will help Rosetta study the comet as it moves away from the Sun.

Philae Pings From Comet Seven Months After Being Asleep

By Peter R - Jun 15, 2015 11:16 AM EDT

The lander went blank last November, 60 hours after it was projected onto comet 67P.

Scientists Remain Hopeful of Finding Lost Philae

By Peter R - Feb 02, 2015 11:32 AM EST

Philae went off radar after it landed on the comet last November.

ESA lands probe on comet flying through deep space

By Dustin M Braden - Nov 12, 2014 06:56 PM EST

In a scientific first, the European Space Agency has successfully landed a probe on a moving comet.

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