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Stories about: Wild 2

Comet Kills Old Theories Nine years ago, scientists launched a space probe in order to collect material from a comet formed at the far edges of our solar system. Surprisingly, they found out that the comet was comprised of particles similar to those forged in the proximity of the sun.  The Stardust probe had been launched from Cape Cana... 19 September 2008 09:01 GMT Comet Wild 2 Has Asteroid-like Composition The Stardust mission brings surprising new evidence once again. After the initial sample analysis revealed that most of the material inside comet Wild 2 originated in the inner regions of the solar system, now scientists have shown that, against general belief that comets are fluffy dust objects, they could instead h... 25 January 2008 03:46 GMT