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

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The main belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is so sparsely populated that spacecraft pass through as though ...

activity duration and distribution within the asteroid belt, for example — so that they can be better used to trace ice in the solar system in general." Astronomers discover 7 new 'dark comets ...

Over the past 200 years, astronomers have cataloged over a million asteroids in the solar system’s main belt ... size — originate in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

activity duration and distribution within the asteroid belt, for example – so that they can be better used to trace ice in the Solar System in general." The study is published in Research Notes ...

Now European Southern Observatory (ESO) thinks one of the objects floating along the main belt might be the smallest dwarf planet in our solar system — an asteroid known as Hygiea. Hygiea isn ...