The Rosetta spacecraft made history by successfully orbiting a comet. Data from the craft now reveal the structure of the comet's dust particles, shedding light on the processes that form planetary systems. See Letter p.73
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Kolokolova, L. Cometary dust under the microscope. Nature 537, 37–38 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/537037a
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