The spacecraft is now set to spend the next 16 months studying the largest object in the asteroid belt.
Scientists are hoping that Rosetta's companion lander will come back to life within a few months.
The 'Phantom of the Opera' singer is set to spend ten days aboard the space station in October.
The ill-fated spacecraft disappeared without a trace after reaching Mars more than ten years ago.
Ken Roberts had been driving home when he witnessed something unusual shooting across the sky.
A geobiologist has identified structures on Mars that she believes were created by microbial life.
The world's deepest ever marine drilling expedition has uncovered signs of life in the 'deep biosphere'.
Rosetta's companion spacecraft has made history today by touching down on the surface of a comet.
ESA officials have reported that everything is on schedule for the probe's attempted landing tomorrow.
Measuring 10ft across, the huge nest was discovered in California by Robert McDougal.
A notebook belonging to a member of Robert Scott's Antarctic expedition team has been found in the ice.
The Rosetta probe has captured images of a pyramid-shaped rock that has been nicknamed 'Cheops'.
Rosetta's companion spacecraft has made history today by touching down on the surface of a comet.
India's Mangalyaan probe has made history this week by successfully entering orbit around Mars.
Every year some of the most weird and trivial research projects are recognized with a special prize.
NASA's Stardust spacecraft is now believed to have picked up particles from outside the solar system
A farmer may hold the key to the disappearance of Victorian pilot Fred Valentich in October 1978.
The discovery could mean that there is a chance of finding life on other worlds such as Titan.
The European spacecraft has finally reached its destination after traveling over 6 billion kilometers.
The creative arachnophobe managed to burn his house down while trying to kill a spider with fire.