BOSTON, March 18 (UPI) --Astronomers at MIT say they've detected a unique feature surrounding the centaur, or minor planet, called Chiron that splits the orbits of Saturn and Uranus. The unique ...

Astronomers have found a developing ring system around Chiron, an icy body between Saturn and Uranus. This discovery provides a rare look at how rings form around smaller celestial objects. Scientists ...

Researchers at MIT have detected features around Chiron — a centaur in orbit between Saturn and Uranus — that indicate a ring system, or possibly jets or a shell of dust. If confirmed, it would only ...

There are only five bodies in our solar system that are known to bear rings. The most obvious is the planet Saturn; to a lesser extent, rings of gas and dust also encircle Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune ...

Astronomers have spotted possible rings around the minor planet Chiron, suggesting that ring systems may be more common throughout the solar system than scientists had previously thought. A team of ...

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Let’s talk about affliction; our psychic bruises, ancient aches, persistent pains and weeping wounds. In astrology, Chiron refers to an asteroid/potential planet that falls within one of the twelve ...

Chiron is a minor planet on the outskirts of the solar system first discovered in 1977. Astronomers observing the body as it passed in front of a star in November 2011 found evidence that this distant ...

The 'therapist' of the stars can help you spot your red flags. As our collective astrology literacy grows, so does our knowledge of niche planets and points in the cosmos that speak to our ...

Ugh. Oof. We’re hitting a rough patch. The comforting thing about astrology: Rough patches do pass. Next week will be different, but first we have to navigate this bumpy, thorny one. Pluto, Mars, and ...