Rosetta spacecraft has stopped listening for Philae lander
![illustration of Rosetta and Philae approaching comet 67/P](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ticker_Rosetta_at_Comet_landscape-free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
GOODBYE, PHILAE The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft (illustrated, upper left) will no longer listen for signals from the Philae lander, which has been silent since July 2015.
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