I think the time capsule part is kind of creepy, to be honest - especially sending DNA samples!

Simon, I think that's brilliant! One thing to watch out for - more perhaps by way of explanation rather than changing the video - is the way the outer...

Amazingly lucky that its bounce didn't ping it away from the comet into the nothingness of space.

Welcome, Simona! I know lots of people rave about the book Tej recommended. I don't have it so I'm not sure what's in it but I believe it's a great g...

Hour-long Sky at Night special tonight. BBC4 @ 21.00. I wonder how it will compare to the information content of the running commentary we've had on t...

Meanwhile, spare a thought for poor Rosetta, now left all alone with no fellow space probe to talk to. And as for Curiosity Rover, gamely carrying on ...

may I remind you that it is a machine and not an animal! Good ol' Philae! Striking a blow for science, for engineering, and for anthropomorphism!

Oh, and they still haven’t found the lander It's been eaten by alien comet monsters.

Hilarious. Love this quote: "Whatever this object is, it did not ask to be found or scrutinised." - No, that would be because it's an inanimate object...

Good story, great images!

"Because neutrinos pass through material very easily, it is extremely difficult to build detectors that reveal exactly where the neutrino came from." ...

Amusing to see that @Philae2014 follows @SarcasticRover - which tweets comments like this.

The guys and gals who designed and built the thing more than a decade ago, spending years and years saying, "Okay, so what would happen if...?" must b...

they fear that they may tip over the lander. The closing scene from The Italian Job 2?

So, they bounced from the red area to somewhere in the blue area: Pretty amazing, though, isn't it! To think we threw something the size of a dishwash...