Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC)

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Leads the Chariklo ring research program

Chariklo is a small body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, and it hosts two narrow rings discovered in 2013. New James Webb Space Telescope observations show those rings are not stable: the inner ring has grown denser while the outer ring has faded, all within a few years.

Updated Sep 16