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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 ...

ESA's Rosetta and Philae spacecraft embarked on a historic journey to Comet 67P, revealing secrets that reshaped our understanding of the cosmos. From stunning images to groundbreaking discoveries ...

The European Space Agency released the first images of Philae's bumpy landing today. Orbiting spacecraft Rosetta captured the lander drifting across the surface of Comet 67P for half an hour until ...

The Philae lander from European Space Agency's Rosetta mission's landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Credit: ESA - ...

But thrusters that were meant to push the lander, called Philae, onto the surface, and harpoons that would have anchored it to the comet failed to deploy properly. Initial data from the spacecraft ...

On Nov. 12, Rosetta will deploy that cargo - the Philae lander - on humanity's mission to make physical contact with a comet for the first time ever. The lander is scheduled to touch down on 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, ...