Object said to be ‘long-lost spacecraft’ mysteriously accelerating as it heads toward Earth

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An artist's impression of Japan???s Hayabusa2 space mission touching down on the surface of the asteroid 1998 KY26. New observations with ESO???s Very Large Telescope (VLT) ??have revealed that 1998 KY26 is just 11 m wide, almost three times smaller than previously thought, and is spinning once every 5 minutes, which is much faster than expected. The image above shows an updated size comparison between the asteroid and spacecraft. ??

Scientists have been left baffled by a mystery object hurtling through space that appears to be accelerating.

A study by the Georgia Institute of Technology has shown that what was thought to be an asteroid is speeding up due to s...

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