How Dark Is Deep Space? NASA’s New Horizons Mission Finally Reveals the Answer Previous studies concluded there were some weird light-generating objects out there, but that doesn't appear to be the case. 09/4/2024 - 8:21 am | View Link
Astrophysical Forensics: Tracing Disintegrating Comets Back to the Sun’s Infancy 4.5 Billion Years Ago Researchers studying meteor showers have uncovered significant variations in how comets disintegrate when nearing the Sun, influenced by their formation conditions within the protoplanetary disk 4.5 ... 08/31/2024 - 8:42 pm | View Link
Meteor showers shed light on where comets formed in the early solar system Researchers studying meteor showers have found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the Sun. In a new study, they ascribe the differences to the conditions in the protoplanetary ... 08/22/2024 - 7:19 am | View Link
Ultra Valuable Asteroid Appears to be Rusting, James Webb Images Reveal The researchers picked up chemical signatures of hydroxyls, bonded oxygen and hydrogen atoms. This same chemical signature has been detected on meteorites that also bear rust, carbon, and water, the ... 08/17/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
Earth Surrounded by Dark Comets, Astronomers Claim But there are also mysterious objects called dark comets, which have the characteristics of both conventional asteroids and comets. And now an international team of astronomers say these objects ... 07/14/2024 - 1:47 am | View Link