We report an open-shell species containing xenon, HXeO (
2), prepared by UV photolysis of H
2O/Xe or N
2O/HBr/Xe solid mixtures at 7 K and subsequent thermal mobilization of oxygen atoms at
30 K. The H-Xe stretching absorption of HXeO in solid Xe is at 1466.1 cm
-1, and it shifts to 1070.3 cm
-1 upon deuteration. The extensive ab initio calculations indicate that HXeO is intrinsically stable, owing to significant ionic and covalent contributions to its bonding. The formation of HXeO (
2) radicals in these experiments suggests extensive stabilization and thermal mobility of singlet (
1D) oxygen atoms in solid Xe and holds promises for the stability of the HKrO and HArO species.