To find out, we talk with Michael Wong, an astrobiologist and planetary scientist at Carnegie Science. He gets into ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of ...

Main-belt comets (MBCs) and active asteroids represent a fascinating intersection of cometary and asteroidal physics. These bodies, residing within the main asteroid belt, occasionally exhibit ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time should spot many new "dark comets" after coming online in ...

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"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and preserved throughout its interstellar journey." When you purchase through links on ...