British space researcher Henry Hsieh made an amazing discovery: he noticed a celestial body that is a kind of cross between an asteroid and a comet. Science now faces some mysteries.
British space researcher Henry Hsieh made a mysterious discovery: a celestial body with the characteristics of both an asteroid and a comet, as a kind of hybrid. The previously unidentifiable rock has the resonant name (248380) 2005 QN137.
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