The study of centaurs, such as (2060) Chiron, allows researchers to better understand the physical and chemical processes that occur in the outer regions of the Solar System. These objects, often ...

Scientists have made the remarkable discovery that a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system. Dubbed 2060 Chiron, the 125-mile-wide hybrid is of particular ...

The strange rock mass, first spotted in 1977, has been identified as 2060 Chiron and is classified as a centaur — named for the mythological hybrid half-man, half-horse — and orbits the sun ...

An artistic representation of Chiron’s nucleus surrounded by debris and a coma of dust and gas. Credit: William Gonzalez Sierra. UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently revealed that they have found shocking details about the centaur (2060) Chiron, a hybrid celestial body that exhibits characteristics of both asteroids and ...

2060 Chiron is 125 miles wide and it's a Centaur having first been discovered in 1977. They're almost like time capsules containing information about the formation of our solar system, ...

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have unveiled fascinating details about the centaur (2060) Chiron, a hybrid celestial body that exhibits characteristics of both ...

Named 2060 Chiron, this 125-mile-wide (200km) asteroid-comet hybrid is a type of body known as a Centaur, named after the mythical creature that is half-horse and half-man.

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 ...

A Chiron owner asked for a cupholder after she spilled some Red Bull in her hypercar. Bugatti promptly came up with a solution that slides neatly into the driver’s side door pocket.

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.