Life
Found: first amino acid on a comet
An analysis of comet dust collected by NASA's Stardust probe confirms that some of life's building blocks were delivered to the early Earth from space
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Physics
Did asteroids flock together to build planets?
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Space
Earth could be blindsided by asteroids, panel warns
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Space
Perseid shower to produce ‘shooting stars’
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Space
Beach-ball-sized rock is largest meteorite found on Mars
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Earth
Comets, not asteroids, to blame for moon’s scarred face
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Space
Space shuttle exhaust hints comet caused Tunguska blast
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Space
Rusty space rocks could signal Mars water
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Space
Comet crystals created in stellar burps
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Space
Nearby asteroid found orbiting sun backwards
A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid that travels in a 'retrograde' orbit has astronomers puzzled – they think the 2- to 3-km-wide object should have been seen before
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Space
Sun damage conceals asteroids’ true ages
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Earth
Asteroids won’t raise killer waves – but mind the splash
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Earth
Meteorite hunters ‘strike gold’ in Sudan
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Space
How to save the world from an asteroid impact
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