It looked like any other asteroid — just a pinpoint of light ... and lead author of a study published online in the journal Icarus in July about dark comets. Taylor is a doctoral student ...

Astronomers have spotted seven new examples of a cosmic phenomenon known as dark comets that could help scientists determine whether the celestial bodies helped deliver vital elements like water to ...

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This was also suggested by a paper published in July in Icarus, which argues that dark comets are much ... Between 0.5 and 60% of all near-Earth objects could be dark comets from the asteroid belt ...

An asteroid the size of a school bus is heading towards our planet, zipping past us twice as close as our own moon today. The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is one of the first handful of asteroids ...

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