Researchers studying meteor showers have found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the Sun. In a new study ... tiny particles in the disk around the young Sun gradually ...
Halley’s Comet appears only once every 75 years, sparking excitement among both casual observers and astronomers. Learn what ...
In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial ...
September will see the appearance of C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, that has traveled for tens of thousands of ...
Previous studies concluded there were some weird light-generating objects out there, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
"Primordial black holes do not live in the solar system. Rather, they're streaming through the universe, doing their own thing," said researcher Sarah Geller.
According to a new study, if a primordial black hole passed within a few hundred million miles of Mars, it could shift the planet's orbit by about a meter -- causing a "wobble." ...
study lead author Marc Postman, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, said in a statement. "We now have a good idea of just how dark space really is." Precise ...
However, any material accompanying Xanthus could still strike Apophis, potentially altering its path and sending it towards Earth. Gulp. Wiegert has now updated his calculations in a new study ...