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

In Greek mythology, a centaur is a creature that’s half-human, half-horse. Now, scientists have used NASA’s most powerful space telescope to study a different kind of hybrid lurking in our cosmic ...

A strange asteroid-comet hybrid that orbits between Jupiter and Neptune could reveal key details about the birth of our solar ...

Scientists have discovered a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid is 'like nothing seen before' in our solar system.

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between ... trove of exocomets to date found in alien solar system Pan-STARRS, the Panoramic Survey ...

Gembloux : The majority of known asteroids orbit inside the main asteroid belt, which is positioned between Mars and Jupiter ...

NASA's most powerful observatory - the James Webb Space Telescope has provided exciting new details about 2060 Chiron, a ...

Artwork of an asteroid and planet earth. NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) was established in 2016 and ...

The discovery doubles the known number of these mysterious celestial objects across our solar system ... couldn’t find any signs of a comet’s tail. It looked like any other asteroid ...

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 ...