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Space shuttle exhaust hints comet caused Tunguska blast
The cause of the Tunguska explosion of 1908 has long been debated 鈥� a new study based on the behaviour of the space shuttle's exhaust suggests a comet was to blame
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Solar ghosts may haunt Earth’s radioactive atoms
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Sun leaves Earth wide open to cosmic rays
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Mars may hide secret water table
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Eclipse darkens ‘Death Star’ moon
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Solar sleuths tackle mystery of quiet sun
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Lunar probe launches on collision course with moon
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Solar system’s most volcanic body to go dormant
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Moon rocks and how to spot them
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Huge stellar nursery found in dusty corner of our galaxy
The nursery is one of the biggest in the Milky Way, and may offer insight into how such objects can grow so big
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Apollo meets astrology: Buzz Aldrin and Gustav Holst
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Solar system’s planets could spin out of control
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Lunar astronauts get neighbourhood watch
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Japanese probe set to crash into moon
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