Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

This object is believed to have migrated from being a Centaur or Jupiter-family comet to its current state, highlighting the dynamic nature of these celestial bodies[3]. The research emphasizes ...

which share a lot of characteristics with the comets from the so-called Jupiter-family – they follow highly eccentric orbits, and they are fairly large, measuring hundreds of meters across.

Water. All life on Earth requires it in some way or another, and it's hard to miss that roughly 70% of our planet's surface is covered in the stuff. Thus, understanding where Earth's water came ...

called outer dark comets, have similar characteristics to Jupiter-family comets: they have highly eccentric (or elliptical) orbits and are on the larger side, hundreds of meters or more across.

New research indicates that the water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a molecular signature closely matching that of water found in Earth’s oceans. This discovery revives the ...

Outer dark comets, found beyond Jupiter, are large—spanning hundreds of meters. Their elliptical orbits resemble Jupiter-family comets, indicating ancient and possibly icy origins. Inner dark ...

There may be a high probability that objects like Chiron eventually turn into Jupiter Family comets or plow back into the trans-Neptunian area, continuing their cosmic journey. Chemical findings of ...

He notes that temperatures at Jupiter were never cold enough to support such deuterium formation. Thus, Dvorak concludes that among comets in our solar system, at least, their deuterium enrichment ...

Tuesday, April 9: A 2%-lit crescent moon will be below Jupiter, with comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in between. Wednesday, April 10: A 7%-lit crescent moon will be above Jupiter and comet 12P/Pons-Brooks.

NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.

Pinilla-Alonso explained, “After about 1 million years, centaurs like Chiron typically are ejected from the giant planets region, where they may end their lives as Jupiter Family comets or they ...