Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system, uncovering a mysterious object ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.

The James Webb telescope has focused its attention on an oddball space rock lurking between Jupiter and Neptune. The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids.

Now, astronomers are learning more about a famous centaur known as (2060) Chiron and how its surface chemistry sets it apart from other centaurs, by detecting its chemical composition for the ...

NASA's most powerful observatory - the James Webb Space Telescope has provided exciting new details about 2060 Chiron, a ...

Named 2060 Chiron, this 125-mile-wide (200km) asteroid-comet hybrid is a type of body known as a Centaur, named after the mythical creature that is half-horse and half-man. Centaurs are solar ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered that the centaur called 2060 Chiron is an oddball. The object, which is a minor body that orbits the sun in the expanse between Jupiter and Neptune ...

Centaurs, these objects orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, exhibit traits of both asteroids and comets. (2060) Chiron, in particular, has been studied by a team from the University of Central ...

Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid.