Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

Dark comets are comets that are so small, fast and/or chemically rare that they are difficult to see from Earth ...

NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our solar system. It wasn't aliens. But artist ...

As Farnocchia pointed out, "there could be way more dark comets than we know" in the inner Solar System, which highlights the ...

While their nature and origins remain elusive, astronomers recently confirmed dark comets fall into two main categories: smaller objects that reside in our inner Solar System, and larger objects ...

Comets are icy bodies that formed alongside the planets in the early Solar System before being flung into its distant outer ...

By doubling the number of known "dark comets," astronomers have been able to split them into two camps depending on their ...

Researchers have doubled the number of known dark comets, identifying two distinct types: larger ones in the outer solar ...

Pan-STARRS, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, consists of two observatories in Hawaii and is designed ...

The first dark comet—a celestial object that looks like an asteroid but moves through space like a comet—was reported less ...

The study also reveals that these mysterious objects fall into two distinct groups based on their orbit and size. With this ...