NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned first images from its lowest orbit around dwarf planet Ceres. They show parts of Occator Crater as detailed as never before. [more]

All images taken by the scientific camera system OSIRIS during Rosetta’s twelve-year mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko are now publicly available. [more]

The irregular shape of the Rosetta comet determines the distribution of gas and dust in its atmosphere. [more]

Waves similar to those controlling weather on Earth have now been found on the Sun. [more]

The InSight lander will reach Mars at the end of November to explore the planet’s inner structure for the first time. [more]

New research group at MPS: Jessica Agarwal investigates the activity of comets and asteroids in the framework of a Starting Grant of the European Research Council. [more]

Why does the Sun sometimes accelerate preferentially helium-3 and iron into space? Researchers have for the first time observed helical solar flares as a source.   [more]