ESA’s Rosetta and Philae mission explored comet 67P, revealing secrets about the solar system’s formation and Earth’s origins ...

On November 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae tried to land on Comet 67P. To say it was a bumpy landing would be ...

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

To do so, the mission's goal was to study an otherwise-unremarkable comet called Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a ...

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

A week after the northern lights were visible in the Mid-Atlantic, a rare comet made an appearance. But, if you missed it Wednesday, don’t worry; you still have a few more days to catch it.

There’s a chance a “Halloween” comet will become visible tonight, with also a possibility of seeing it during the daytime if it doesn’t break apart while approaching the sun, according to ...

It isn't just hype, there is an actual chance of seeing another comet this month and the timing may line up perfectly with Halloween night. Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) is currently streaking towards ...

A headless comet might be visible from our planet in the lead-up to the spookiest night of the year. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1), is currently approaching the sun, and is due to pass ...

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) could make an appearance this week if it doesn’t get broken up by the sun. All comets are remains of dust, rocks and ice from the formation of solar system that heat up ...

The comet "... has almost certainly disintegrated. There's probably not much left of its primary core." The latest update concerning "the other comet" of October 2024 — Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS ...

The newly discovered comet C/2024 S1, possibly a remnant of the Great Comet of 1106, will reach its closest approach to Earth on October 24. Expected to brighten the skies around Halloween ...