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 ...

Amid the uncertainty in postrevolution Egypt, the elegant Philae has risen from the dead—and is hoping to bring the mighty river’s tourism industry with it. In the beginning, the Philae was simply ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

I had planned to spend the day with my mother – nothing special, just a quiet Sunday with family. The plan lasted until midday, when the announcement that the comet lander Philae was finally awake ...

Benjamin Altshuler is on the classics faculty at the University of Oxford and is the current Classics Conclave fellow at the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents. Altshuler is a specialist in ...

Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "The island of Philae, famous for its ...

With just 21 days to the launch of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta comet mission, the spacecraft’s lander has been named “Philae”. Rosetta embarks on a 10-year journey to Comet ...

Résumé des précédentes délibérations: La Campagne a été lancée pour sauvegarder le site de la construction du grand barrage d'Assouan en Egypte qui allait inonder la vallée où se trouvaient les ...

I recall it as clearly as if it were yesterday. I was standing on a small island in the middle of a huge and absolutely still lake. The sunrise over the desert and the silence add to the beauty of the ...