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Asteroid’s comet-like tail Is not made of dust, solar observatories reveal | Scientists thought asteroid Phaethon, which is the source of the Geminid meteor shower, was shedding dust to form a comet-like tail, but NASA solar observatories show the tail isn't dusty.


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