NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet

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NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet

NASA · Official source · Jul 16, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC

New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by precisely tracking its motion through space and using powerful observatories that image faint celestial objects.…

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