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These two outbound comets are likely interstellar objects
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Future homes on the Moon and Mars could be made of fungi
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Scientists are taking the temperature of dark matter
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In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid — not volcanoes
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Galactic collision helped shape our galaxy 11.5 billion years ago
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