Dark comets are objects that looks like asteroids but acts like comets. Now, new research has doubled the number of known dark comets and grouped them into two distinct populations.
A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time.
An international research team used the asteroid Bennu's tracking data to study the possible existence of a fifth fundamental force of the universe.