Comet 3I/ATLAS, which made a close approach to the sun, has prompted lots of public interest. Kim Kardashian asked NASA's ...

Wednesday’s historic comet landing was watched by space exploration enthusiasts all over the world. They waite with bated breath for the news that Rosetta’s landing probe, Philae, had arrived at its ...

Kim Kardashian's remarks on the moon landing have sparked global debate, with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggesting she ...

The Tale of Rosetta and Philae and their adventures at Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko's got a big week in store. On Wednesday November 12 at 10:02 a.m. (CST), it welcomes its ...

Throughout human history, comets have been distant, mysterious heavenly bodies. The hunks of rock and ice streak through the sky, streaming bright tails of gas as the sun warms them. On Wednesday, ...

One of the biggest gambles in space history comes to a climax on Wednesday when Europe attempts to make the first-ever landing on a comet. Speeding towards the Sun at 65,000 kilometres (40,600 miles) ...

After the first successful touchdown on a comet, a NASA director couldn't contain his excitement, declaring the Rosetta mission a key step toward "taking" the entire solar system. Eric Mack has been a ...

TUCSON, Arizona—Scientists packed into a hotel conference room erupted in celebration Wednesday morning on word of the first soft landing of a spacecraft on a comet. Primed by early views of the comet ...

When the Philae lander touched down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, it unleashed a series of Internet memes— most of which were references to the film Armageddon. And within 24 hours, the ...

Check out the first panorama photo taken on comet. — -- It's an image billions of years in the making. One day after the Philae lander made a historic touch down on a speeding comet, the first ...

Catching up to a speeding comet is no easy feat, but the Rosetta spacecraft's Philae lander is closing in this morning on a historic landing. Rosetta already has gone where no other spacecraft has ...