Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a ...

Rosetta, the first comet orbiter, shares final moments before crashing The Rosetta spacecraft ended its historic, 12-year cruise through the cosmos on Friday after two years of orbit around Comet ...

Philae's historic landing on Comet 67P in 2014 provided crucial data on the comet's surface and internal composition, despite technical setbacks. The mission revealed organic molecules and temperature ...

Even in the Rosetta's final hours, the European Space Agency will steer the probe so it can take unprecedented close-up images of the comet This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article ...

While couples were getting closer this Valentine's Day, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft was doing just the same - it snuggled up nice and close to a comet. Rosetta's comet ...

Oxygen discovered on Rosetta comet, stunning scientists ...

Despite the many challenges, Philae impressed as it sent fascinating data and images from the comet's surface. The 'potato' turns out to be a 'rubber duck' But let's recap: The European Space Agency's ...

Artist's impression of Rosetta spacecraft shortly before hitting Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on September 30, 2016. ESA/ATG medialab/Handout via REUTERS The Rosetta spacecraft ended its ...

I t just might have something to do with my obsession with the r/oddlyterrifying subreddit. Here are 19 photos from this ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Rosetta spacecraft has been trailing a comet for the last two and a half years, on a slow, spinning ride to it's ultimate destruction. But science thanks you ...