A massive asteroid larger than Manhattan is set to make its closest approach to Earth in a century this Sunday - and it's ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...

"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles ...

Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the ...

Among the finds is an object thought to be an asteroid from the main belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

However, they would have later moved into the solar system following gravitational resonances with their orbits and Neptune. But how exactly does this asteroid-comet hybrid tell us more about the ...

Its name is Chiron, a type of outer Solar System body known as a centaur. But even among its fellow centaurs, Chiron is special – and new observations from JWST reveal how truly Chiron is like ...

and may have originated from the main asteroid belt, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Meanwhile, outer dark comets, which may have come from the outer regions of our solar system ...

In the dark depths of the solar system, astronomers have discovered a truly baffling object. Named 2060 Chiron, this 125-mile-wide (200km) asteroid-comet hybrid is a type of body known as a ...

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 ...

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 ...