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

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant "centaur" that exhibits traits of both a comet and an asteroid. These findings ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

In the distant space out beyond the orbit of Jupiter lurks a strange object. Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

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

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

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