Nature | News Science pours in from Rosetta comet mission The first thorough analyses of data from the European craft suggest that comet 67P originated in the distant reaches of the Solar System.

The first major haul of research from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission, published in seven papers1–7 in Science on 22 January, reveals a rich and diverse landscape on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the most studied comet in history. The best images — some of which had been presented first in December at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union — are pictured below. Charting gravity Ref 1 fig. 2 Different terrains Ref 2 fig. 2 Clues to the origins Ref 1 fig. 8 The neck riddle Ref 1 fig. 5 Coma variations Coming from afar Ref 4 fig. 2 Journal name: Nature DOI: doi :10.1038/nature.2015.16777 Additional reporting by Davide Castelvecchi.

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