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asteroids

Found: first amino acid on a comet

Life

Found: first amino acid on a comet

An analysis of comet dust collected by NASA's Stardust probe confirms that some of life's building blocks were delivered to the early Earth from space

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Did asteroids flock together to build planets?

Space

Did asteroids flock together to build planets?

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Earth could be blindsided by asteroids, panel warns

Space

Earth could be blindsided by asteroids, panel warns

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Perseid shower to produce 'shooting stars'

Space

Perseid shower to produce 'shooting stars'

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Beach-ball-sized rock is largest meteorite found on Mars

Space

Beach-ball-sized rock is largest meteorite found on Mars

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Comets, not asteroids, to blame for moon's scarred face

Earth

Comets, not asteroids, to blame for moon's scarred face

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Space shuttle exhaust hints comet caused Tunguska blast

Space

Space shuttle exhaust hints comet caused Tunguska blast

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Rusty space rocks could signal Mars water

Space

Rusty space rocks could signal Mars water

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Space

Comet crystals created in stellar burps

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Nearby asteroid found orbiting sun backwards

Space

Nearby asteroid found orbiting sun backwards

A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid that travels in a 'retrograde' orbit has astronomers puzzled – they think the 2- to 3-km-wide object should have been seen before

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Space

Sun damage conceals asteroids' true ages

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Earth

Asteroids won't raise killer waves - but mind the splash

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Earth

Meteorite hunters 'strike gold' in Sudan

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Space

How to save the world from an asteroid impact

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