ESA’s historic Rosetta mission has concluded as planned, with the controlled impact onto the comet it had been investigating for more than two years Confirmation of the end of the mission arrived at ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Comet 67P entered the spotlight a decade ago when it became the first comet to be orbited and ...

A year since a probe called Philae made history by touching down on a comet, the team that pulled off the feat is plotting a different kind of landing. Next September, the European Space Agency will ...

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 historic ...

Europe's comet-chasing space probe Rosetta dipped out of orbit Friday with a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it's been following for more than a decade. Its final radio ...

At around 6:40 a.m. EDT (1040 GMT) today (Sept. 30), Rosetta is scheduled to crash-land intentionally on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ending the European spacecraft's epic 12-year mission. The ...

Rosetta's trip to a comet might make scientists second guess the idea that magnetic fields led to the formation of planets. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

The Rosetta comet mission will soon come to an end with a dramatic controlled crash landing signalling the conclusion to its epic voyage. The Rosetta’s one way mission into deep dark space has now run ...

EUROPE'S Rosetta spacecraft is being "woken up" today in preparation for an unprecedented mission to land on the surface of a comet. It is a key milestone in the decade-long quest to learn more about ...