When the Philae spacecraft landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Wednesday, the anchors needed to hold it down in the feeble gravity failed to fire and the lander bounced back into space, soaring ...

The European Space Agency's Philae comet lander, out of power and presumably lost after bouncing into heavily shadowed terrain last November, phoned home Saturday after finally getting enough sunlight ...

Lander has first contact with Earth since November. — -- The Philae comet lander has phoned home for the first time following a seven month hibernation on the comet 67-P, sending valuable data ...

The Philae lander may be in trouble after scientists revealed that the probe was bounced hundreds of metres away from its designated landing site and is currently on its side at the foot of a cliff.

Nearly three months after the Philae probe’s historic landing on a comet, European Space Agency scientists still don’t know where it is. After landing, the probe bounced and likely settled in a ...