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Snooze-button glitch delayed Rosetta's wake-up

Space

Snooze-button glitch delayed Rosetta's wake-up

The comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft phoned home late because, like many a tired soul, it hit the snooze button instead of waking fully first time around

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Up and at 'em: Rosetta craft gaining on target comet

Space

Up and at 'em: Rosetta craft gaining on target comet

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Water found in stardust suggests life is universal

Life

Water found in stardust suggests life is universal

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Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta to phone home

Space

Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta to phone home

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AD 536: The year that winter never ended

Earth

AD 536: The year that winter never ended

Features

Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

Space

Wake up and smell the comet: Rousing the Rosetta probe

Features

2014 preview: First touchdown on a speeding comet

Space

2014 preview: First touchdown on a speeding comet

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Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid's crust

Space

Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid's crust

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Space

Rare space rock goes unnoticed for 140 years

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Did asteroid fracking cause Earth's worst extinction?

Earth

Did asteroid fracking cause Earth's worst extinction?

Hit Earth in the wrong spot, and you risk releasing massive amounts of methane. That's how a space rock might have wiped out over 90 per cent of species

Features

Space

Fiercest meteor shower on record to hit Mars via comet

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Space

Crazy comet ISON returns bearing solar system secrets

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Space

Crunch time as comet ISON hurtles towards the sun

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Space

Jolly green comet blazes a trail towards sun

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