The Philae probe landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at 6:03 GMT some 10 years and 6.4 billion kilometres after it began its journey. The craft landed on the surface at a walking pace.

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the European Space Agency made history by becoming the first to successfully land a probe, called the Philae lander, onto a comet. But things didn't go as planned - the ...

The animation begins with the deployment of Philae from Rosetta at comet 67P/Tschurjumow-Gerassimenko in November 2014. It will take several hours for it to reach the surface. Because of the comet’s ...

That shady area has cut down the probe's potential for power, and severely limited the amount of work it can get done on the comet. It's unclear how long Philae will last under the shadowy ...

when it uploaded critical data obtained from Philae's prodding and probing of its alien world. Since then, the robot probe has gone "back to 'silent mode'," said the statement. The DLR Lander ...

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As the Philae probe made its dicey landing, Rosetta was watching from afar. Now it has sent back what it saw With the probe ...