In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

A strange asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune could reveal key details about the birth of our solar ...

In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our solar system. It wasn't aliens ... their icy surfaces. But not all comets put on such a dazzling display.

The discovery doubles the known number of these mysterious celestial objects across our solar system that ... of the inner dark comets,” Taylor said. “However, these are all hypotheses ...

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet ...

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 ...