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Philae's historic comet landing
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January 23, 2015
Philae is still lost on a comet. The Rosetta probe might go search for it.
Scientists might send the orbiter on a search mission.
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January 22, 2015
The Rosetta probe discovered that comet 67P/C-G is light as a cork
Rosetta is collecting more comet data than any probe ever.
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January 6, 2015
Two months later, scientists still can't locate the Philae lander
They hope the probe will get more sunlight and wake up in late spring.
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December 10, 2014
The Rosetta probe’s first finding suggests asteroids, not comets, brought water to Earth
The historic mission's first data is a big clue about how water arrived on our own planet.
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November 17, 2014
These new photos show Philae's big bounce on the comet
We still don't know where exactly Philae is — but we're getting a little closer.
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November 15, 2014
Philae's battery is dead. But the mission was a huge success.
The comet data collected by Philae will help us better understand the solar system — and maybe even life on Earth.
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November 14, 2014
Philae is stuck in a shadowy crater. Its battery is dying. What happens next?
There's good news and bad news for the historic mission
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November 13, 2014
Philae's historic comet landing, in photos
This is the first spacecraft to ever land on a comet.
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November 13, 2014
Photos from the Philae landing: What a comet's surface looks like up close
These are the first photos ever taken from the surface of a comet
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November 12, 2014
The Rosetta comet mission cost half as much as the US midterm elections
Even more crazy: it cost just 7.4 percent as much as the Sochi Olympics.
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November 12, 2014
The best photos from the Rosetta mission's comet landing
Today, people landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time ever. This is what it looked like.
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November 12, 2014
We just landed a spacecraft on a comet for the first time. Here's why it matters.
We'd landed on six celestial bodies ever. The tiny Philae probe just made it seven.
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November 12, 2014
Watch the Philae mission to land on a comet live
We're moments away from finding out if the mission is a success
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November 11, 2014
The unprecedented comet landing, explained in 3 minutes
Comets may have brought the ingredients of life to Earth. Now we're repaying the visit.
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November 11, 2014
Philae is about to become the first spacecraft ever to land on a comet
We've landed on six celestial bodies ever. The tiny spacecraft is about to make it seven.
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August 7, 2014
A spacecraft met up with a comet for the 1st time
The Rosetta probe just made space history. This is what it saw.