Inner dark comets can be found within the inner solar system, which includes the planets Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury, and move in nearly circular orbits around the sun.

What are dark comets? Our team identified a class of small bodies in the solar system that take some of the properties of both comets and asteroids. We called them dark comets.

Dark matter does pervade the solar system like an invisible fog. We just lack the means to measure its effects on solar system bodies.

In its closest-ever dive into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned stunning new images and data that ...

Because the source of their propulsion cannot be seen, Seligman has given these 14 solar system oddities a rather catchy name: dark comets.

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

The object gained an official name, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, on Wednesday. Moving at a record-setting speed for an interstellar ...

Three new full-dome movies will highlight the July schedule at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium.

The Vera C Rubin observatory, home to the world's most powerful digital camera, promises to transform our understanding of ...

Kira Traore says she was paying exactly zero dollars in electricity bills for her home in New Jersey — until late last year when the self-sustaining solar power system broke down. The timing ...