Asteroid, Comet…or Something Else? Mysterious Activity on “Oddball” Space Object Raises New Questions
UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant "centaur" that exhibits traits of both a comet and an asteroid. These findings ...
Asteroid-comet hybrid stuns scientists: ‘Like nothing we’ve seen before’
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
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How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025
The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year's first chance to see fireballs in the sky. Here's what to know about the ...
Yearender 2024: Asteroids, comets and other celestial events
Space, asteroids, eclipses, comets and more events in space kept stargazers busy in 2024. A lot was happening in the skies ...
MIT astronomers find some of smallest asteroids ever detected, discovery may help with planetary defense, researchers say
Earlier this month, researchers announced they found the smallest asteroids ever detected within the main belt, which is a ...
Archaeology breakthrough as scientists discover 50,000-year-old baby mammoth
The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth have been recovered from melting permafrost in Russia. Scientists in Siberia ...
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Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Russia's Siberia
MOSCOW (AP) — The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia's Siberia region who call it the best ...