A strange asteroid forces astronomers to rethink comets (mashable.com)

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[-] crandlecan@mander.xyz 2 points 15 hours ago

tldr: for planetary defense you want to know their trajectories. Hidden gas excretions mess up the predictions and need another approach

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2026

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