NASA Finds NEW Ringed Planet in our Solar System!

NASA and the James Webb Telescope have discovered rings around a dwarf planet out beyond Neptune. The JWST has uncovered some odd characteristics of these rings. Something that's challenging our understanding of how ringed planets are formed and maintained.

[IamMeHereSee]

"A planet half the size of Pluto" is a line that shouldn't hurt as much as it does.

[CHANCHANKIT]

The scientist who discovered the moon:
"Wait what?"
Thus the moon was named

[JagerRex]

That planet was discovered in 2002.
It's not a *new* ringed planet, but the planet has rings that are new to us

[friend]

correction: 50000 Quaoar was discovered in 2002. Only during this year, in February, was it discovered that this body had rings.

[mygetawayart]

i feel like pluto tries so goddamn hard to be loved...he even has a heart on its surface...give the little guy some love for crying out loud

[aleksoctop]

Quaoar itself has been discovered 2002, it's only this February that they discovered the ring. Very interesting and highlights our limitations.

[TheFamousLoser]

“The only planets in our solar system known to have rings is most of them”

[TheNefastor]

Trillions of planets in the universe... we'll never run out of surprises like this.

[GK-lkhm]

Universe to humans: Not even in your wildest dreams/imagination you can think of what I am capable of doing.

[ral]

I imagine scientists working at NASA just randomly ask a scientists that is spacing out "What should we name to this Ringed Planet Moon?" and they've replied "Wait what?" and it became valid.

[matsbestuser]

„They‘re twice as far away as we thought was possible“
J1407b: 😐

[monirulislam]

This planet forgot to study physics, it just doesn't know yet.

[jrranklin]

Could it be that these stable rings are kept in shape by its moon?

[michaelzath]

Pluto's that one short friend that keeps getting roasted because of his/her height 😭

[roguegargoyle]

It's a ring world, better give Master Chief a call

[monsoon]

This planet and it's moon have some of the cutest names I've heard for any celestial body. 🩷

[SynFuZe]

We have known about this planetoid before JWST was even launched, it was discovered in 2002 and has the designation “50000-Quaoar, ” now it’s possible the rings may have been a recent discovery, but this little guy has been on our radar for a little over 20 years lol

[odomisan]

Scientist: we are sure!
Reality: just another day where I end scientist careers.

[gebongstoner]

JWST : distant stars? No problems
Meanwhile : objects within solar system just got some pixelated dots..

[StorageGuyGuns]

Wait wait wait wait wait they're gonna call a planet a planet that's smaller than Pluto? Then give Pluto its planet status back