In a new study my colleagues and I published in December 2024, we discovered two classes of these elusive dark comets The solar system is teaming with small bodies such as comets and asteroids.

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

The discovery doubles the known number of these mysterious celestial objects across our solar system that resemble asteroids ...

The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

Most of the long-period comets in the Solar System come from the outer Oort Cloud. The inner region is much more stable. It's ...

The stars in this study range in ages from very young to middle-aged like our Sun. This new study shows how comets play a role in the formation of stars and planetary systems. Credit: Luca Matra.

But this activity usually only happens relatively close to the Sun, as comets spend most of their time in the outer solar system on highly elongated orbits. A new comet, recently discovered by ...

SEE ALSO: Researchers may have found an interstellar comet in our solar system Jacobs was sifting through data collected by the Kepler Space Telescope in his spare time and came across an unusual ...

"For this model, we assumed Alpha Centauri acts similarly to our solar system. We simulated various ejection velocity scenarios to estimate how many comets and asteroids might be leaving the Alpha ...