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The Mystery of the Centaurs Revealed: Enigmatic Space Objects are Comets After All
For years the true identity of centaurs, the small celestial bodies orbiting the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune, baffled scientists. Now, with the help from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a team of researchers believe they have solved the mystery, reporting that most are comets.
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