Strange ‘foreign’ celestial body with a tail 724,000 km long
Astronomers have discovered an object in the Solar System that resembles both an asteroid and a comet, with a tail that is twice the distance between the Earth and the ...
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Asteroid Containing $11.65 Trillion Worth of Metals Approaches Earth
The surface of asteroid 1986 DA consists of 85% metals such as iron and nickel, with only about 15% silicate - the main component of ordinary rock.Scientists estimate that one ...
