Free Republic 4th Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $15,326
18%  
Woo hoo!! And we’re now only $64 from reaching 19%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: chrystianpereira

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Strange object between Saturn and Uranus is 'evolving' its own ring system, study suggests

    10/24/2025 12:52:05 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    Live Science ^ | October 24, 2025 | Sharmila Kuthunur
    Astronomers have found signs that the small icy world Chiron, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, may be forming a new ring system in near-real time. ================================================================ an illustration of Chiron with rings An artist's conception of the small icy world Chiron, which orbits between Saturn and Uranus and may be building its own ring system. (Image credit: Observatório Nacional/MCTI/Chrystian Pereira) In a universe where change usually unfolds over eons, astronomers have gotten a rare front-row seat to watch a small, icy world beyond Saturn build a brand-new set of rings in real time. A team of Brazil-based astronomers found that...