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Hubble catches first disintegrating asteroid on camera

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Hubble catches first disintegrating asteroid on camera

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a space rock as it breaks apart – the first one ever caught in the act. What's to blame?

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Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? Maybe…

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Incoming 'Moby Dick' asteroid goes missing near Earth

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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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Spectacular Mars crater is a big blue boom

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Dwarf planet caught spitting inside asteroid belt

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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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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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Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

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Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

Asleep in the dark near Jupiter, a spacecraft is almost ready to make the first ever landing on a comet – if we can wake it. Stuart Clark joins mission control

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AD 536: The year that winter never ended

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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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Rare space rock goes unnoticed for 140 years

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