It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s an asteroid-comet hybrid called a ‘centaur’ that might not even be that. Asteroids are ...

It really rocked their world. Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have better observed an asteroid that strangely possesses hybrid characteristics of a comet as well. The strange rock mass ...

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

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.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A large asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Neptune and Jupiter is an intriguing ...

"It has periods where it behaves like a comet, it has rings of material around it, and potentially a debris field of small dust or rocky material orbiting around it. So, many questions arise about ...

A team of astronomers has in one of these hybrid objects called Chiron now characterized what could be considered a unicorn among centaurs. Chiron contains signs that it has emitted both carbon ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled intriguing details about Chiron, a unique space object with traits of both asteroids and comets. These findings offer a deeper insight into its ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have studied Chiron, a centaur orbiting between Jupiter and Neptune, unveiling its unique dual nature as both asteroid and comet. The research ...

The unusual "centaur," named 2060 Chiron, has features of both comets and asteroids. There's a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' hanging in the Small Magellanic Cloud, the James Webb and Chandra ...