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Quasicrystal quest: The unreal rock that nature made

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Quasicrystal quest: The unreal rock that nature made

How did a mystery mineral acquire remarkable properties not mimicked in the lab until 30 years ago? Finding out took one cosmologist to the ends of the Earth

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No easy parking spot for first-ever comet landing

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No easy parking spot for first-ever comet landing

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Five sites shortlisted for Rosetta's comet landing

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Five sites shortlisted for Rosetta's comet landing

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Small, sticky asteroids could be extra dangerous

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Small, sticky asteroids could be extra dangerous

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Rosetta probe poised to touch and taste a comet

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Rosetta probe poised to touch and taste a comet

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Earth's early life endured long asteroid bombardment

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Earth's early life endured long asteroid bombardment

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Rosetta arrives – and sends images of 'superstar comet'

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Rosetta arrives – and sends images of 'superstar comet'

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Comet-mapping Rosetta spacecraft prepares for duty

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Comet-mapping Rosetta spacecraft prepares for duty

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Comet mission must not keep space fans in the dark

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Comet mission must not keep space fans in the dark

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Rosetta's target comet is a surprise double space rock

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Rosetta's target comet is a surprise double space rock

Pictures from the European Rosetta probe suggest the comet selected for an attempted landing, Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is actually two icy rocks stuck together

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Disco-era spacecraft not dead, just out of gas

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Swedish space rock may be piece of early life puzzle

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Pluto-bound craft seeks Manhattan-sized lump of ice

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Cosmic collision created the Chelyabinsk meteor

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