Asteroid's comet-like tail is not made of dust, solar observatories reveal

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2023 -
A weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder.

We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet. It brightens and forms a tail when it's near the Sun, and it is the

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