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After nearly 30 years, NASA realized this near-Earth asteroid is actually a comet

A seemingly ordinary asteroid has revealed its icy true identity — and new clues for spotting hidden hazards near Earth.

Near-Earth asteroid turns out to be something unusual, NASA finds

A recent NASA study has revealed that a near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three decades ago is not, in fact, an asteroid, ...

Scientists Believed This Near-Earth Object Was an Asteroid for 28 Years. They Were Wrong

In a study published in Nature Astronomy, a team of scientists reveals the true identity of a near-Earth object with an ...

Near-Earth asteroid not an asteroid at all

On August 28, 2025, researchers aimed their equipment towards an area of sky where they expected to find the asteroid 1998 ...

NASA discovers ‘asteroid’ near Earth is actually a hidden comet after decades of mystery

A NASA study has reclassified a celestial body previously thought to be an asteroid. This object, known as 1998 SH2, is now identified as a comet. Researchers used advanced observatories to detect its ...

Astronomers Tracked This Object For 28 Years Before Discovering Its True Identity

Astronomers recently discovered that the near-Earth object 1998 SH2, believed to be an asteroid for nearly 30 years, is ...
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What just passed near Earth has scientists talking

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small asteroid about the size of a car flew close to Earth overnight Tuesday, giving scientists another chance to study objects ...