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Space Science Image of the Week: This whirling mix of galaxy arms, bright cores and shining blue gas makes up Arp 194, a turbulent galaxy group in Ursa Major To source

Planck portrays stellar birth and magnetic turbulence in the Orion Molecular Cloud To source

A complex network of isolated hills, ridges and small basins spanning 1400 km on Mars is thought to hide large quantities of water-ice. To source

The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet. To source

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the pioneering Huygens mission to Saturn’s moon Titan, the first successful landing on an outer Solar System world To source

ESA’s Venus Express has ended its eight-year mission after far exceeding its planned life. The spacecraft exhausted its propellant during a series of thruster burns to raise its orbit following the low-altitude aerobraking earlier this year.  To source

Rosetta’s lander has completed its primary science mission after nearly 57 hours on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. To source

After achieving touchdown on a comet for the first time in history, scientists and engineers are busy analysing this new world and the nature of the landing.  To source

The final stages of Philae’s touchdown seen through the eyes of the lander’s downwards-looking descent camera To source

How Rosetta is turning science fiction into science fact To source

Enjoy a 3D flight over ‘chaotic terrain’ on Mars To source

Highlights from ESA’s Venus Express, following end of routine science observations after eight years orbiting the veiled planet To source

Follow news, updates and real-time reporting on ESA’s comet mission via the Rosetta blog To source