Our Best Glimpse Yet of a Disintegrating Comet
The comet in question, which is as old as Earth and has a trail the size of the States, has 150 years of life left and astronomers are watching it intently.
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The comet in question, which is as old as Earth and has a trail the size of the States, has 150 years of life left and astronomers are watching it intently.
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Mother Nature’s most fragile creations, simply bounced off the pavement after a 150-foot plunge.
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Clever internal tech stops the plane crashing into the ground and surely killing the pilot.
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The astronomical crash site is named after a goddess of harmony but is in reality more like Mordor.
The Samsung Note 7 isn't alone in its ability to explode. We all carry potential firebombs but there's good reason so few go up in flames.
The imprisoned boffins have run out of flares to scare away the bears.
The potentially revolutionary technique could one day allow gay men to produce biological offspring, or—even more radically—allow both men and women to self-fertilise.
