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Contents

Introduction

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Night Sky Spectaculars

Stars of Ill Omen Heads and Tails In from the Cold

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Edmond Halley's Comet Catch a Falling Star Stones from the Sky Shaping other Worlds Many Mini-Planets Looking at Asteroids Cosmic Collisions The Hubble Telescope Near-Earth Objects

30 Rosetta: On the way to a Comet 32 Rosetta Lands! 34 Nothing but the Facts 36 Time Line 38 Words to Understand 39 Index 40

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