The ESA's Rosetta mission achieved its original goals by landing Philae on the comet and sending data—including amazing photos—back to Earth. However, Philae's landing was bumpy, and the lander wound ...

DARMSTADT, Germany -- Europe's comet lander Philae has come to rest in the shadow of a cliff, posing a potential problem for its solar panels, scientists said Thursday as they published the first ...

Fearing that Philae's batteries won't last past Friday, engineers are looking at possible ways to help it get more power from its solar panels.... Philae, the lander currently on comet ...

Five potential sites have been selected for what will be one of humanity's most audacious undertakings - landing a spacecraft on a comet. Scientists will command the Rosetta spacecraft to 'drop' the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P. Rosetta would later become the first ...

STARRS, also known as comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS), is visible before sunrise until this weekend. Here’s how, when and where ...

It’s been likened to a parachutist trying to land on a mountaintop. Or a person attempting to leap from one speeding car to another. The European Space Agency is planning to land an unmanned ...

Japan's space agency, JAXA, has been knocking it out of the park with small-body exploration missions for decades. They had ...