Astronomers rediscover long-lost asteroid

For 89 years, astronomers have played a cosmic version of Where’s Waldo? Now, the game is over.

Image of the near-Earth asteroid 719 Albert (tick marks) taken on May 1 by the Spacewatch Telescope. Larsen, Scotti, M.T. Read/Ariz. Brd. Reg.

Scientists have rediscovered a near-Earth asteroid called 719 Albert, observed several times in 1911 but not seen since.