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 ...

BERLIN, Germany -- Europe's comet-chasing space probe Rosetta performed its final task Friday, dipping out of orbit for a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it's been following ...

The cliffside collapse created about 2,000 tonnes of rubble, 99 percent of which settled at the foot of the precipice. In 2015, Europe's Rosetta spacecraft witnessed -- and photographed -- a big one ...

European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft will be woken up from deep-space hibernation on 20 January 2014 to reach its final destination, reported ESA today. “Comets are the primitive building blocks ...

The European probe Rosetta has been chasing comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for more than 10 years. This spring it's finally catching up. But not so fast. To reach its target, the spacecraft must now ...

In a surprising twist to our understanding of comets, mysterious radio signals have been detected emanating from comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. These signals, recorded at frequencies between 40 and ...

An obscure but fascinating discovery was announced this week regarding Comet 67P/C-G, the 2.5 mile wide (4 km) island of dusty ice orbiting the Sun under the gaze of the Rosetta spacecraft. Water ice ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for one of its most ambitious scientific adventures yet, the Comet Interceptor ...