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Earth is prepared enough for the next asteroid strike
Early-warning systems will miss more than half of the space rocks like the one that burst apart over Russia last year, but maybe that's OK
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Seeds of life can sprout in moon’s icy pockets
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Did newborn sun have weirdly weak solar wind?
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China’s Jade Rabbit rover may be victim of moon dust
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Dwarf planet caught spitting inside asteroid belt
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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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Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta to phone home
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Star-aligned temples hint at Pompeii’s religious mix
Temples in the ill-fated Roman port seem to be aligned with stars important in Greek and Egyptian mythology, suggesting Pompeii was a cultural melting pot
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Sand dunes serve as ‘windsocks’ on distant planets
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Sleepy sun thickens the slow solar wind
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Second tiny asteroid spotted before it hit Earth
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Anybody out there? The how and what of alien life
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