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'METEORITE' LANDS ON CRICKET PITCH DURING COUNTY MATCH

When two spectators standing on the boundary at a cricket match saw an object hurtling down from the sky, their first instinct might have been to applaud.

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ASTEROID IMPACTS SUBJECT OF CONGRESS BILL

The U.S. Congress is considering a bill to establish a commission to study the threat of an asteroid collision with Earth and how to prepare for it, lawmakers say.

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COMET WHACKED NEPTUNE 200 YEARS AGO

Researchers studying Neptune's atmosphere found evidence that a comet may have hit the planet about two centuries ago.

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 3 QUESTIONS: RICHARD BINZEL ON ASTRONOMERS' POWERFUL NEW TOOL

Last month, it was announced that the first Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) telescope, PS1, is fully operational.

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ROSETTA TRIUMPHS AT ASTEROID LUTETIA

Asteroid Lutetia has been revealed as a battered world of many craters.

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PHILAE AND ROSETTA GEAR UP FOR ASTEROID LUTETIA

The Rosetta orbiter, which carries the DLR lander Philae, has completed more than two thirds of its journey to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

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JAPANESE LAB FINDS 'MINUTE PARTICLES' IN ASTEROID POD

Japan's space agency said Monday it has found "minute particles" of what it hopes is asteroid dust in the capsule of the space probe Hayabusa which returned to Earth last month.

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