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Distant object found orbiting Sun backwards
Astronomers have found the first object in the icy Kuiper belt that orbits the Sun backwards compared to the planets
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Rosetta probe prepares to buzz tiny asteroid
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Nearby star may be swarming with comets
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Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle
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Comets may be spawned when mum breaks up
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Earth
The end of the world is not nigh
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Life
What would Earth look like to alien astronomers?
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Is the largest asteroid Pluto’s wayward cousin?
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Killer asteroid predictions ‘off by millions of miles’
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Solar-powered asteroids make their own moons
Most asteroids with moonlets started off as solitary bodies that split in two while sunbathing, new computer simulations suggest
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Earth
Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery
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Ancient impact may have created deep niche for life
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Almighty smash left record crater on Mars
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Tunguska: The day the sky exploded
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