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Rosetta space probe crashes into comet ending 12-year missionScientists began saying their final farewells to the Rosetta space probe Thursday, hours before its planned crash-landing on a comet.ScienceSep 29, 2016
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Building blocks of life discovered in comet’s haloScientists have found further evidence supporting the theory that some of the building blocks for life may have come to Earth from outer space.ScienceMay 27, 2016
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European Space Agency’s comet lander fails to communicate, running out of timeThe clock is running out on a spacecraft that made history by landing on a comet in November 2014.ScienceJan 12, 2016
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Scientists find oxygen in comet, say that challenges theories of how solar system formedScientists say they have detected significant amounts of molecular oxygen coming out of a comet, an unexpected find that may have implications for the search for alien life and understanding how the solar system formed.ScienceOct 29, 2015
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Philae probe gets a ‘sniff’ of acetone, indicating comets can concoct complex compoundsScientists say the Philae space probe has gathered data supporting the theory that comets can serve as cosmic laboratories in which some of the essential elements for life are assembled.ScienceJul 31, 2015
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Comet lander Philae falls silent, may have shifted positionThe European Space Agency says it hasn't received data from the lander since July 9.ScienceJul 20, 2015
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Comet lander Philae makes contact after 2 weeks of silence, sends radar dataThe German space agency DLR, which controls the lander, says it received data from Philae over a 22-minute period late Thursday.ScienceJul 10, 2015
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Is there alien life on this comet? Probably not, despite what two scientists sayThough many people are talking about the possibility of life on a comet that spacecraft are currently visiting, the truth is, there isn't any real evidence to support the claim.Jul 6, 2015
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It’s the pits: Comet observed by spacecraft seems to have sinkholesComets are basically dirty snowballs, but it turns out they can have a very Earth-like feature: sinkholes.ScienceJul 1, 2015
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Comet lander Philae awakes from hibernation, communicates with EarthThe brief burst of communication contained 300 packages of data that were relayed by the probe's mother ship Rosetta, which is orbiting the comet.ScienceJun 14, 2015
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