Dark comets are believed to exhibit behaviour similar to traditional comets, such as the release of gas causing non-gravitational movement, but they lack visible dust trails. The Rubin Observatory, ...
One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be ...
Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.
Skies over South Carolina kick off 2025 with a planet parade, ancient comet and the muse of "Beyond Antares," a 23rd-century love song from "Star Trek" fame.
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system, uncovering a mysterious object ...
A long-anticipated midnight sky show slated to take place in the darkened heavens over Maine is late and nobody knows for sure when — or if — ...
In 2025, the sky will be illuminated by 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, four eclipses and three Supermoons. Here's a ...
The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good ...
Each evening, enjoy a sweeping view of four planets at once. Also look for Mars occulted by the Moon and meteors!
A strange asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune could reveal key details about the birth of our solar ...
where they may end their lives as Jupiter Family comets or they may return to the TNOs region.” These future observations could help unlock more secrets about how our solar system formed and ...
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 teeming with small bodies such as comets and asteroids.
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