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NEO search spreads to southern skies
13/04/04
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A new NASA funded survey will now take the search for NEOs to the southern skies.
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SOHO spots its 750th comet
07/04/04
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The SOHO solar observatory spacecraft has discovered its 750th comet since its launch in December 1995. SOHO comet 750 was discovered by the German amateur astronomer Sebastian H�nig, one of the most successful SOHO comet-hunters.
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Animation of asteroid close approach captured
23/03/04
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Astronomers capture images of 2004 FH as it flies by closer to Earth than any asteroid ever recorded.
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Asteroid makes closest ever approach
18/03/04
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Tonight, a tiny asteroid recently discovered by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Project (LINEAR) will make the closest approach to Earth ever recorded.
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Theory of dinosaur extinction questioned
02/03/04
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Scientists probing a vast crater off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula questioned a popular theory about dinosaurs on Monday, saying the collision that formed the crater happened too far back in time to have caused their extinction by itself.
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Comet-chaser Rosetta blasts off into space
02/03/04
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The Ariane 5 rocket carrying ESA’s Rosetta mission onboard successfully launched at 07:17 GMT 02 March 2004.
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Cosmic carbon found to be older than the Solar System
01/03/04
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For the first time, researchers have identified organic material in interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), gathered from the Earth's stratosphere, that was made
before the birth of our Solar System.
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Rosetta launch scheduled for Tuesday
01/03/04
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The next attempt to launch Europe's comet-chasing spacecraft Rosetta is scheduled for 07:17 GMT, after lift-off was postponed for the second time late last week.
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Newly detected planetoid could be the largest yet
25/02/04
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Planetary scientists on Tuesday night discovered a new planetoid in the outer fringes of the solar system. The planetoid, currently known only as 2004 DW, could be even larger than Quaoar, the current record holder in an area known as the Kuiper Belt.
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ESA's Rosetta comet chaser ready for lift-off
19/02/04
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On 26 February at 07:36 a.m. GMT, Rosetta is scheduled to be launched on board an Ariane-5 launcher from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Rosetta lander named Philae
06/02/04
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With just 20 days to the launch of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta comet mission, the spacecraft's lander has been named "Philae". Rosetta embarks on a ten year journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 26 February.
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Comet caused Dark Age frosts
04/02/04
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Scientists at Cardiff University in Wales say a "nuclear winter" that caused summer frosts in the sixth century was caused by a comet colliding with Earth.
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Two weeks to make a "Deep Impact" on a comet
23/01/04
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Only two weeks remain until NASA close their
passenger list for a one-way trip to comet Tempel 1.
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Stardust image reveals Wild 2 surface features
19/01/04
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On 2 January 2004, NASA's Stardust spacecraft approached Comet Wild 2 and the craft was pelted by comet dust. At the same time an image of the comet’s nucleus was taken, detailing unimaginable surface features.
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Rosetta ready for icy adventure
16/01/04
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ESA's comet chaser will soon be heading towards a new target, known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but the mission team is confident that a rich scientific bonanza awaits when Rosetta arrives at its destination in the summer of 2014.
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