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Bits of comet surprise scientists

San Francisco Chronicle: Tiny samples of a glowing comet, flown back to Earth by a pioneering spacecraft named Stardust, hold remarkably little dust from any ancient far-off stars, but a lot of the stuff that makes up nearby rocky asteroids, Livermore scientists have found to their surprise.

Posted by Physics Today on January 25, 2008 12:23 PM |

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