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Comet of the century ISON finally visible to naked eye
As it hurtles towards the sun, comet ISON has unexpectedly brightened – but will it survive long enough to be visible in the daytime as predicted?
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Astrophile: Dying asteroid is a six-tailed beast
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CSI Chelyabinsk: 10 insights from Russia’s meteorite
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Massive remnant of meteor surfaces from Russian lake
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Spacecraft army gears up to watch rare sun-diving comet
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Life
Crack a comet to spawn the ingredients of life
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Life
Cell scaffolding found in odd California meteorite
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Earth
Asteroid pinpointed as likely source of Russian meteor
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Earth
Blast from the past: Solving the Tunguska mystery
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Dust devils around stars may help planets grow
A vortex seen in a disc around a young star may solve the mystery of how planets grow from grains of dust without first spiralling in to destruction
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Death-defying comet wags its tail during solar embrace
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Fast-approaching asteroid has its own small moon
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Jupiter got a soaking from comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
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Obama will reveal $100-million plan to seize asteroid
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