{"id":532882,"date":"2026-07-18T23:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/532882\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:23:11","slug":"nasa-discovers-asteroid-near-earth-is-actually-a-hidden-comet-after-decades-of-mystery-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/532882\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA discovers \u2018asteroid\u2019 near Earth is actually a hidden comet after decades of mystery &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA discovers \u2018asteroid\u2019 near Earth is actually a hidden comet after decades of mystery<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of India<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOcEUyZzlQdlNwS21IWlhWM3V2ZVpNVzRmUGUxS3FFaHVTQTh3cHZQUlZhYWc2VkpDcmVLMHh2VmZzVWxuaXl4ejZKaFpQYWl5enB5bldqVWNrUDJBVXRrZmh3QWs1cUs3N05lSVdQbGc5VG56T1NhVm5wUEJIVGNtblpscG8zcHhrelVRVVhUSzVWenhYanZwamFUcnRaSThF0gGmAUFVX3lxTE95YUJJcVFwVVQ5X21Nbk1KUVVlVWZHSGpXT1ZPTEZvYlV2ZXZaZWF5N1ZxTF9kc1ZZbzFoS2dqMjNiXy1JSDV4RjVMREE2QlFzUXhsMDBfckZ6aV84RlkxTWg0WmlJOEpabkdTWFZtSVl2eE52ak9Xa1RRa2lfSzZLZmlad20xcWs0Z0s5a1FrSFc3VDNxUk04eW5TME1EWTV6N3V3Tmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Near-Earth asteroid turns out to be something unusual, NASA finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;KTLA<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE1wUjk5Q2Itb2VFTkNnUmJudjhONnZxMlJVYmhrRmRXVjRZWk11R3V4LWNRNlV1LVNScVE1Z3p6UUh2NGhNY2JmS2xXQ2U3NDVCREVRYzIwXy1mYTlSZF8xdmxNS0Y1S1ozQzNF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Near-Earth asteroid not an asteroid at all<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Popular Science<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE1wSF9CSFMwR3RHNE41LU51RjVCc2t6WkZleWZ4cGlYdUlnQ01jaFVyZnFYX2wtZm8wWGFJMHBpREF6Ym1nUll3a01EdGtPT3JzdXEtMzdoQWNnZ3IzU2lhRTRBN2huMHVjWE1JcFhvbGx0d2dQcGRhVFF0Y21yWFk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Asteroid with unexplained orbital shift turns out to be a &#8216;dark comet&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Phys.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA discovers \u2018asteroid\u2019 near Earth is actually a hidden comet after decades of mystery&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of IndiaNear-Earth asteroid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-532882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}