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 ...

Generally, the nights of and near the new moon – when the moon is not illuminated – are better for most stargazing experiences. Here are the dates of new moons this year.

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 ...

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

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A “parade of planets”—Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars—will be visible ... Additionally, the ATLAS comet, discovered last year by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, has come close ...

Finally, research into the thermal processing of Jupiter-family comets has revealed that these comets undergo significant changes long before they reach the inner solar system. The study of their ...

The relative fractions of impacts are 0.09, 0.11, 0.26 and 0.54 for long-period comets, Halley type comets, Jupiter family comets and near-Earth objects, respectively. For Jupiter, the corresponding ...

“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 may return to the TNOs region.” ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample ...