Photos: First look at comet dust
Summary: NASA scientists have opened the Stardust probe and found particles from the tail of a comet.
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Scientists uncovered pieces of comet dust which was captured in aerogel, a sponge-like solid made of 99 percent empty space. NASA reported that the number of samples exceeded expectations.
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