Return of the King: a few observations

I finally saw this... It may be the immediate effect of seeing it in a full theater, but I'd agree with most reviewers (and with Peter Jackson) that it's the best installment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and a fitting cap for the whole project.

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Comet

The Stardust sample-return probe took an unexpectedly good picture of the nucleus of Comet Wild 2, including five jets of material geysering off of the surface. With luck, the spacecraft will bring back some dust from its encounter in 2006.