NASA’s Near-Earth Object Hunting Mission Spots A Comet And A Body That’s Either A Comet Or An Asteroid

On Thursday, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (Neowise) mission announced the discovery of two objects — one of which is a comet while the other is a mysterious object that seems to straddle the line between a comet and an asteroid. The comet, C/2016 U1 NEOWISE, made its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 12, when it flew by … Continue reading →