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Historic Rosetta spacecraft images target comet's halo

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Historic Rosetta spacecraft images target comet's halo

Rosetta is due to become the first craft to land on a comet later this year – it has already snapped 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko emitting a halo of dust

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When to watch out for spectacular new meteor shower

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Asteroid strike map built from nuclear watchdog data

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Asteroid strike map built from nuclear watchdog data

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Ringed asteroid will make a star blink out over Africa

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Ringed asteroid will make a star blink out over Africa

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Asteroid surprises with set of shiny Saturn-like rings

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Asteroid surprises with set of shiny Saturn-like rings

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New York asteroid eclipse will be visible to millions

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New York asteroid eclipse will be visible to millions

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Invisible Saturn-sized planet given away by comet army

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Invisible Saturn-sized planet given away by comet army

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Most Mars meteorites may be from same giant crater

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Most Mars meteorites may be from same giant crater

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Hubble catches first disintegrating asteroid on camera

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Hubble catches first disintegrating asteroid on camera

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Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? Maybe…

The link between the most mysterious stuff in the universe and fatal comet strikes on Earth is tenuous – but it would elegantly connect two open questions

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Incoming 'Moby Dick' asteroid goes missing near Earth

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Spectacular Mars crater is a big blue boom

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Dwarf planet caught spitting inside asteroid belt

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Snooze-button glitch delayed Rosetta's wake-up

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