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A distant comet is forming new rings while we watch in real time


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For the first time, astronomers are watching a ring system form in real time. The rings in question encircle Chiron, a comet-like object that takes a path around the sun between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus. Every time we look at Chiron, its rings seem to be a little different. Chiron isn’t the first small object we have observed rings around: the asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planets Haumea…

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