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Dwarf planet caught spitting inside asteroid belt

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Dwarf planet caught spitting inside asteroid belt

The first direct detection of water vapour from Ceres hints that the tiny world has a layer of buried ice or perhaps even slushy volcanoes

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Snooze-button glitch delayed Rosetta's wake-up

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Snooze-button glitch delayed Rosetta's wake-up

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Up and at 'em: Rosetta craft gaining on target comet

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Up and at 'em: Rosetta craft gaining on target comet

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Water found in stardust suggests life is universal

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Water found in stardust suggests life is universal

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Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta to phone home

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Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta to phone home

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AD 536: The year that winter never ended

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AD 536: The year that winter never ended

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Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

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Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

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2014 preview: First touchdown on a speeding comet

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2014 preview: First touchdown on a speeding comet

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Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid's crust

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Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid's crust

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Rare space rock goes unnoticed for 140 years

A rare meteorite that formed soon after the birth of the solar system has been discovered in a private collection – 140 years after it fell to Earth

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Did asteroid fracking cause Earth's worst extinction?

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Fiercest meteor shower on record to hit Mars via comet

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Crazy comet ISON returns bearing solar system secrets

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Crunch time as comet ISON hurtles towards the sun

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