Pictured: Artists' impression of Chiron and its rings] Centaurs are solar system bodies found between Jupiter and Neptune that move and behave like asteroids but produce glowing tails of gas and dust like comets.
Scientists are baffled after discovering a unique asteroid-comet hybrid that's like NOTHING seen before In the dark depths of the solar system, astronomers have discovered a truly baffling object.
They found that Chiron's surface contains a cocktail of chemicals from a time predating the formation of the solar system including CO2, methane, and frozen water.
When Chiron was discovered in 1977, it was the first of a new group of solar system bodies which astronomers dubbed Centaurs.
Scientists have uncovered the baffling secrets of the comet-asteroid hybrid Chiron, a 'Centaur' body which is now travelling through the region of the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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