<ul><li>The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided new findings about a peculiar space rock known as (2060) Chiron.</li><li>Chiron exhibits features of both comets and asteroids and orbits the sun in the region between Jupiter and Neptune.</li><li>JWST observations detected frozen carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and other gases in Chiron's nucleus and coma.</li><li>The discovery offers insights into the early solar system and the behavior of objects like Chiron.</li></ul>

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