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- Clandestine comets found in main asteroid belt
  Posted by Billbar from New Scientist Space
  "Main belt comets" lie disguised as main-belt asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, claim astronomers from the University of Hawaii. The finding backs a theory that ice-bearing asteroids – or "comets" – from this much closer region may have played an important role in forming the Earth's oceans.
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- Deep Impact mission reveals comet's icy cargo
  Posted by Billbar from New Scientist Space
  Results are emerging from data collected by the Deep Impact spacecraft that visited Comet Tempel 1 in July 2005. Old assumptions about comets are faltering.
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