Every asteroid with a 'neck' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, August 19, 2026). Every asteroid with a 'neck' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-19/every-asteroid-with-a-neck-that-astronomers-had-ever-found-had-exactly-two

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  author = {Newsylist Editorial Desk},
  title = {{Every asteroid with a \'neck\' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-19/every-asteroid-with-a-neck-that-astronomers-had-ever-found-had-exactly-two},
  note = {Tracked across 5 independent newsrooms}
}

> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([Every asteroid with a 'neck' that astronomers had ever found had exactly two lobes joined at one narrow waist — until new images of the asteroid Nysa this month revealed a third lobe nobody expected, and nobody yet knows whether it was born whole or built](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-08-19/every-asteroid-with-a-neck-that-astronomers-had-ever-found-had-exactly-two)), this event was corroborated across 5 independent sources with a live velocity of 3.