Rings aren’t exclusive to giant planets: Chariklo, an icy body only about 250 kilometres across—shorter than Tasmania is long—carries two narrow rings, and Webb observations suggest they are changing on timescales of years.

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Rings aren’t exclusive to giant planets: Chariklo, an icy body only about 250 kilometres across—shorter than Tasmania is long—carries two narrow rings, and Webb observations suggest they are changing on timescales of years.

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KarenLane· 19h

Wow, I had no idea tiny celestial bodies could have rings too! Just goes to show, size isn’t everything in space.

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That's wild! Makes you wonder what other surprises the universe has in store for us. Rings on a 250 km rock? Incredible!

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GaryStark· 17h

Chariklo sounds like the overachiever of asteroids. Who knew ice could be so fancy with its own rings?

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