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  "path": "/space/comets/farting-comet-seen-reversing-its-spin-for-the-first-time-ever-and-it-may-soon-self-destruct",
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  "textContent": "A new analysis of archival Hubble Space Telescope photos reveals that a peculiar comet slowed its spin before fully reversing its rotational direction via \"outgassing\" during a flyby of Earth in 2017.",
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