ESA Science & Technology - Science special issue: Philae's first look

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This set of reports and research articles present early results from Philae's first suite of scientific observations of Comet 67P/Churyumov­-Gerasimenko.

Science also published a special issue (Catching a comet) in January 2015, featuring some of the first science results from the Orbiter instruments. Papers from that issue can be accessed here. 

Introduction to the Philae papers
Philae's First Days on the Comet
J.-P. Bibring et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aac5116
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The structure of the regolith on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from ROLIS descent imaging
S. Mottola et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0232
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Thermal and mechanical properties of the near-surface layers of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
T. Spohn et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0464
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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko surface properties as derived from CIVA panoramic images
J-P. Bibring et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0671
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CHO-bearing organic compounds at the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko revealed by Ptolemy
I.P. Wright et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0673
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Organic compounds on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko revealed by COSAC mass spectrometry
F. Goesmann et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0689
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The nonmagnetic nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
H.-U. Auster et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa5102
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Special issue research article
Properties of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko interior revealed by CONSERT radar
W. Kofman et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0639
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Special issue research article
The landing(s) of Philae and inferences about comet surface mechanical properties
J. Biele et al., DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa9816
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