Philae

• European Space Agency’s comet lander fails to communicate, running out of time

  The clock is running out on a spacecraft that made history by landing on a comet in November 2014.

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  Jan 12, 2016
  
• Philae probe gets a ‘sniff’ of acetone, indicating comets can concoct complex compounds

  Scientists say the Philae space probe has gathered data supporting the theory that comets can serve as cosmic laboratories in which some of the essential elements for life are assembled.

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  Jul 31, 2015
  
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• Comet lander Philae falls silent, may have shifted position

  The European Space Agency says it hasn't received data from the lander since July 9.

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  Jul 20, 2015
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• Comet lander Philae makes contact after 2 weeks of silence, sends radar data

  The German space agency DLR, which controls the lander, says it received data from Philae over a 22-minute period late Thursday.

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  Jul 10, 2015
• Is there alien life on this comet? Probably not, despite what two scientists say

  Though many people are talking about the possibility of life on a comet that spacecraft are currently visiting, the truth is, there isn't any real evidence to support the claim.

  Jul 6, 2015
• Comet lander Philae awakes from hibernation, communicates with Earth

  The brief burst of communication contained 300 packages of data that were relayed by the probe's mother ship Rosetta, which is orbiting the comet.

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  Jun 14, 2015
• Rosetta spacecraft finds evidence for building blocks of life on comet

  Scientists have found further evidence that comets harbour the building blocks of life, and have collected the first close-up data that will help them understand how these celestial bodies evolve as they hurtle toward the sun.

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  Jan 22, 2015
• WATCH: This week in science — the cool and the weird

  From drinking water that came from poop to a comet lander that has gone AWOL, we take a look at some of the cool science stories of the week.

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  Jan 9, 2015
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• 2014: The year science fiction became science reality

  In 2014, India celebrated a mission to Mars, we landed on a comet and revived the hope for a human mission to Mars. This was the year of a return to space.

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  Dec 17, 2014
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• Organic molecules ‘sniffed’ by Philae on comet before probe went to sleep

  Though the Philae probe which landed on a comet on Nov. 12 has been put to sleep, the data it was able to send back to scientists is groundbreaking.

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  Nov 18, 2014