An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied Chiron, a centaur orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, ...

They’ve lived through the ice age, the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and brushed off an atomic blast just a mile away ...

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When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, ...

Discover what astronomers are learning about an ancient ice giant traveling through our solar system that's a strange hybrid ...

A strange asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune could reveal key details about the birth of our solar ...

Centaurs are thought to have originated out in the frozen realm beyond Neptune, but later moved in-system after their orbits were perturbed by gravitational resonances with the ice giant.

unveiling its unique dual nature as both asteroid and comet. The research led by Dr. Noemí Pinilla-Alonso and Dr. Charles Schambeau reveals carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice on Chiron's ...

Discover how probing the components of the half-asteroid, half-comet hybrids reveals that carbon dioxide was present during ...

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

Pocked with craters, the surfaces of many celestial bodies in our solar system provide clear evidence of a 4.6-billion-year ...