An asteroid larger than Manhattan is soaring past the Earth today, and may be visible to the naked eye.  Alida, described as ...

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

Appointments to various county boards made up the majority of the 10-minute meeting of the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors Monday morning. During the meeting, the supervisors approved ...

Dubai has expanded its list of banned plastic items, effective January 1, 2025, as part of its efforts to achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2060. The newly banned items include plastic straws, stirrers, ...

Dubbed 2060 Chiron, the 125-mile-wide hybrid is of particular interest to scientists after learning more about it through the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). By reviewing near-infrared images, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Image Credit: William Gonzalez Sierra) Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have unveiled fascinating details about the centaur (2060) Chiron, a hybrid celestial body that ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system, uncovering a mysterious object that defies conventional classification. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, ...

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. Centaurs are solar ...