Researchers have doubled the number of known dark comets, identifying two distinct types: larger ones in the outer solar system and smaller ones in the inner solar system. This discovery raises new ...

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

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

NASA has announced the discovery of seven astronomical objects that come in two flavors; they look like asteroids but ...

This new data reveals that not even all dark comets are the same: there are at least two different kinds. And, in turn, the ...

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