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Space agency: Comet lander ends up in cliff shadow

BERLIN - A shadow was cast - literally - across Europe's historic mission to land on and explore a comet. Scientists said Thursday the landing craft not only bounced twice, it also came to rest next to a cliff that's blocking sunlight from its solar panels.
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A cosmic first

DARMSTADT, Germany - Landing with a bounce after traveling 4 billion miles, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully reaching the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet - a cosmic first designed to answer big questions about the universe.
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Comet-chasing probe awakens, signals Earth

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