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The international Cassini-Huygens mission has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in the production of complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan. To source

New views from Cassini’s weekly dives between Saturn and its rings To source

LISA Pathfinder principal investigator Stefano Vitale sends the final command to the spacecraft, shutting it down after successfully demonstrating the technology to build ESA’s future gravitational wave observatory To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Presenting the latest design of our Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice To source

A dried-out river valley with numerous tributaries is seen in this recent view of the Red Planet captured by ESA’s Mars Express. To source

With the help of software that mimics a human brain, ESA’s Gaia satellite spotted six stars zipping at high speed from the centre of our Galaxy to its outskirts. This could provide key information about some of the most obscure regions of the Milky Way.  To source

Media representatives are invited to a briefing on BepiColombo, ESA and JAXA’s joint mission to Mercury, and to view the spacecraft before it leaves for Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for launch next year.   To source

Rosetta’s detection of xenon provides the first link between comets and our atmosphere To source

In ESA’s first event of its kind, members of the public have been invited to touch, taste and hear about life in the Universe in an immersive day of activities that are suitable for the sensory impaired.  To source

Space Science Image of the Week: Hubble images a portion of sky awash with spiral galaxies To source

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 27 years with two close friends To source

The motion of two million stars is traced five million years into the future using ESA’s Gaia To source

Space Science Image of the Week: This colourful Easter egg-like wrapping traces the pattern of Gaia’s all-sky scanning To source