The dawn of a new age has undoubtedly put many in a cosmic mood.

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We have basically the building blocks of the solar system preserved in this sort of cosmic library, if you will, for the entire age of the solar system and preserved at very low temperatures.

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To address these outstanding questions, the team will collect samples of rock to date their exposure to cosmic radiation and analyse how glaciers and ice have retreated since the last ice age, around 20, 000 years ago.

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The series -- about a group of space explorers given various superpowers after being hit by cosmic rays -- began a new era for Marvel Comics, signaling the start of their wave of Silver Age characters, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Hulk, Iron Man and many more.

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