Space is full of oddities, but astronomers were recently able to observe a type of object we've never found anything like. 288P is a binary asteroid - or two asteroids orbiting each other - that has the features of a comet, like a long tail and bright coma, or cloud of dust and gas surrounding a comet's nucleus. It is the first binary asteroid we've ever found that can also be classified as a comet. Related:
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/astronomers-observe-an-object-in-space-unlike-anything-theyve-seen-before
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