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ESA and NASA space telescopes have revealed that, unlike Earth’s polar lights, the intense auroras seen at Jupiter’s poles unexpectedly behave independently of one another.  To source

Space Science Image of the Week: This spooky sight, resembling fog swirling around a bottomless hole, was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope To source

Last year, a fountain of dust was spotted streaming from Rosetta’s comet, prompting the question: how was it powered? Scientists now suggest the outburst was driven from inside the comet, perhaps released from ancient gas vents or pockets of hidden ice. To source

Space Science Image of the Week: This colourful image captured during the summer’s total solar eclipse shows what the Sun is made of To source

A molecule once thought to be a useful marker for life as we know it has been discovered around a young star and at a comet for the first time, suggesting these ingredients are inherited during the planet-forming phase. To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Cassini catches small moon Daphnis making waves in Saturn’s rings To source

Explore stellar nurseries in our Milky Way and other galaxies as viewed through the infrared eye of the Herschel space observatory To source

The international Cassini­-Huygens mission has explored Saturn and its rings and moons for 13 years, and will conclude by plunging into the planet’s atmosphere next week. This article highlights some of the mission’s exciting discoveries led by European teams. To source

Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s Solar Orbiter will face the Sun from within the orbit of Mercury To source

A preview of Gaia’s sky in colour provides a taste of the full-colour map of more than a billion stars that will be released next year To source

Scientists using the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory have found long-sought gravity modes of seismic vibration that imply the Sun’s core is rotating four times faster than its surface. To source

Scientists using the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory have found long-sought gravity modes of seismic vibration that imply the Sun’s core is rotating four times faster than its surface. To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Massive stars emerge from glowing gas and dust in one of the Milky Way’s most active stellar nurseries To source