Scientists have discovered new characteristics of a small body which orbits the sun between Jupiter and Neptune, providing ...
Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid.
Out in the blackness of space beyond Jupiter there is a wild hybrid orbiter unlike any other. It's been named Chiron and ...
Source: Celestia team/Wikimedia Commons/General Public License GNU In deep space, beyond the orbit of Jupiter, a strange ...
Scientists from the University of Central Florida have used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal that a mysterious object ...
NASA's most powerful observatory - the James Webb Space Telescope has provided exciting new details about 2060 Chiron, a unique celestial object known as a centaur that combines features of both ...
Chiron, discovered in 1977, orbits the Sun every 50 years, situated between Jupiter and Neptune. This unique positioning enable scientists to study its surface and atmospheric properties, providing ...
The research also revealed the presence of water ice and various carbon-based molecules, such as ethane and propane, on this object indicating complex chemical processes at work.
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 ...