When the European Space Agency got word from their comet lander that it had bounced its way into a dark corner of the comet, they knew it meant a race against the clock. Timing is an issue now ...

This animation of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko uses a three-dimensional digital model of the comet nucleus, which was produced by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin using stereo ...

Philae had a rough landing and went missing after it tumbled across the comet. Rosetta's cameras finally spotted Philae just three weeks before the end of the 12-year mission.

Swiss scientists have been involved in the European Space Agency (ESA) project to examine a comet and gather information on its structure. Philae landed in November 2014, but lost contact with the ...

The mission consisted of the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander. The probes were launched on 2 March 2004, travelled 6.4 billion kilometres in 10 years and, with the help of a few planet swing-bys, ...

It's very possible that carbon-carrying comets that smashed into Earth long ago brought the very ingredients needed for life to arise. We know that because spacecraft observing comets from afar ...