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

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

JWST uncovered Chiron’s rare ices and gases, providing new insights into its unique activity and its link to the solar system ...

The vast expanse of space often feels like a puzzle, with celestial objects serving as pieces that hold clues to the universe ...

The JWST’s spectra data also showed the huge amount of various ices with different volatilities and how they are made. Chiron ...

A study with the James Webb Space Telescope led by astronomer Noemí Pinilla-Alonso clarifies the characteristics of the ...

Scientists recently led a team that found, for the first time, that Chiron has surface chemistry unlike other centaurs. Its surface it has both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ice along with carbon ...

Astrologer Alexandria Lettman reveals what the stars have in store for every zodiac sign's horoscope on Tuesday, December 24, ...

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 ...

UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” ...

In 1977, Chiron became the first centaur ever discovered. Astronomers originally thought that it was an asteroid, but when it was seen emitting a halo of gas and a tail like a comet, they realized ...