The animation begins with the deployment of Philae from Rosetta at comet 67P/Tschurjumow-Gerassimenko in November 2014. It will take several hours for it to reach the surface. Because of the comet’s ...

Yet, there were setbacks as Philae's tenure on the comet's surface was shorter than anticipated. Scientists were astonished to discover the comet's heightened activity and the presence of ...

Since yesterday, the Philae team have determined that this rotation meant the lander bounced off of the surface of the comet where it had landed. It seems to have bounced not once but at least twice.

Europe's robot lab Philae has fallen "silent" on the surface of a comet zipping towards the Sun, said ground controllers Monday who fear it may have shifted out of radio contact. "The lander could ...