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.

Imagine a star powered not by nuclear fusion, but by one of the universe’s greatest mysteries—dark matter. Scientists have ...

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

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

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Meanwhile, outer dark comets, which may have come from the outer regions of our solar system near Jupiter and beyond, have distinctly oval-shaped orbits and can span hundreds of meters or more.

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.