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   "European scientists are preparing to celebrate an unusual midsummer   
   festival – on a comet that is currently 165 million kilometres from   
   Earth. The comet, 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, is set to reach the closest   
   point to the Sun in its 6.5-year orbit on Thursday and Europe’s robot   
   probe Rosetta is poised to provide scientists with a ringside view.   
      
   The spaceship has already been in orbit around Comet 67P for a year and   
   has studied dust and gas as they have started to erupt from its surface   
   as it has approached the Sun. On Thursday, when the comet reaches   
   perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, that activity will reach its   
   peak."   
      
   http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/08/rosetta-space-pro   
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