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A Dark Comet Mystery Just Got Stranger After Astronomers Found Its Acceleration May Have Nothing to Do With Ice

Researchers say temperature modeling rules out buried ice on 1998 KY26 and points to sunlight-driven forces instead.

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Japan is heading toward a mysterious asteroid that may not be what scientists thought.

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Falls the hypothesis of the advanced dark comet to explain its unusual behavior (ANSA)

·Rome, Italy
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Astronomers have recorded the unusual acceleration of the asteroid 1998 KY26, which is approaching Earth. One of the scientists put forward an unexpected hypothesis about its true origin.

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ANSA broke the news in Rome, Italy on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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