"Dark comets are a new potential source for having delivered the materials to Earth that were necessary for the development of life," he said, according to Forbes. As researchers continue to study ...

“One of the most important reasons why we study small bodies, like asteroids and comets, is because they tell us about how ...

who spied it in photos taken by a camera on a spacecraft operated by NASA and the European Space Agency to study the sun. The comet won’t swing close to Earth like Tsuchinshan-Atlas did last year.