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A Mysterious Asteroid Is Accelerating in Space, And We're Running Out of Explanations
ScienceAlert · By Michelle Starr ·
The Brief
- ScienceAlert reports that an asteroid is accelerating in space.
- The cause of the acceleration is not yet explained, according to the article's headline.
Why it matters
Unexplained motion in a small body can challenge current models of how asteroids move, which matters for orbital predictions and planetary defence.
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