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None of this is information is mine, and is taken from this link here. (http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108051§ionid=3510208) NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the largest, but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, scientists have said. "This is one super-sized ring," said Anne Verbiscer, an astronomer at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville late Tuesday. "If you could see the ring, it would span the width of two full moons' worth of sky, one on either side of Saturn," she added. According to the research team, the ring itself is tenuous, made up of a thin array of ice and dust particles kicked off Saturn's moon Phoebe by small impacts. This dust then migrates towards the planet where it is picked up by another Saturnian moon, Iapetus, scientists say. "Astronomers have long suspected that there is a connection between Saturn's outer moon Phoebe and the dark material on Iapetus," said Douglas Hamilton of the University of Maryland. "This new ring provides convincing evidence of that relationship," he went on to say. The bulk of the ring material starts about six million kilometers (3.7 million miles) away from the planet and extends outward roughly another 12 million kilometers (7.4 million miles). http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20091007/fazeli20091007115301703.jpg

2009-10-07 11:45:00 Author: TheJollyRajah Posts: 466

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That's pretty cool. I love when new things like this are discovered/figured out.

2009-10-07 12:02:00 Author: Foofles Posts: 2278

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That's awesome! Thanks for sharing this - I always find this kind of stuff interesting. Hey, they even mentioned 'dark material (matter!)'

2009-10-07 13:11:00 Author: Powershifter Posts: 668

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Hm, yeah great news... now someone needs to base a level on it

2009-10-07 13:34:00 Author: ladylyn1 Posts: 836

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That is a pretty unexpected discovery. Who knows what else they might find?

2009-10-07 13:39:00 Author: Gilgamesh Posts: 2536

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cool Astronomy for the win!

2009-10-07 17:27:00 Author: Morgana25 Posts: 5983

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ok, it's cool they found it and all... But what point is there for us knowing it? What do we gain from spending time finding this, instead of devoting time to other things?

2009-10-07 17:38:00 Author: Unknown User

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ok, it's cool they found it and all... But what point is there for us knowing it? What do we gain from spending time finding this, instead of devoting time to other things? Knowing how entities within the galaxy interact with eachother and the patterns exhibited when they do is essential to our survival... you think Earth will last us forever?

2009-10-07 17:47:00 Author: Foofles Posts: 2278

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That is a big ring...

2009-10-07 17:49:00 Author: Boomy Posts: 3701

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@ir0nmaid3nfan... Wouldn't life be a little boring if we just went through it not finding out what's out there? And a new ring around Saturn is pretty big news

2009-10-07 17:50:00 Author: olit123 Posts: 1341

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That is a big ring... It has been said that the ring is so large, you could fit one billion Earths inside of it. However, the ring is so weak, that if you could stand in it, you wouldn't be able to tell it was there.

2009-10-07 19:32:00 Author: TheJollyRajah Posts: 466

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Yeh, its pretty cool

2009-10-07 19:53:00 Author: Boomy Posts: 3701

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Knowing how entities within the galaxy interact with eachother and the patterns exhibited when they do is essential to our survival... you think Earth will last us forever? We can't even get people on the moon right now...

2009-10-07 19:57:00 Author: Syroc Posts: 3193

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hmm thats pretty cool :O and woah is huge... thanks for sharing this with us.. teehee

2009-10-07 20:02:00 Author: Joey Posts: 758

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We can't even get people on the moon right now... 1969? Neil Armstrong? Small step? No?

2009-10-07 20:07:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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@ir0nmaid3nfan Understanding the universe around us gives us insight into the way the universe works, which then gives us the technological basis to sustain civilization. We need Science in order for civilization to work. Why do you think we have clean water or food? How is it that we are communicating right now? All of this is based on Scientific Understanding, which itself is based on objective observation of the world around us. If you lived before the birth of Newton, someone spending so much time staring at things as they fall down might seem rather silly too. It would be hard to fathom exactly how far back our society would be if we hadn't reached the point of Newtonian mechanics, however. We certainly wouldn't have, for example, LittleBigPlanet, let alone recordings of "Iron Maiden" to which you profess such fondness.

2009-10-07 20:09:00 Author: Jagrevi Posts: 1154

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Yes, in 1969 but right now we don't have a single space ship that can get humans to moon and back.

2009-10-07 20:09:00 Author: Syroc Posts: 3193

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Epic ring of awesomeness I really want one of those around my 'my moon'

2009-10-07 20:13:00 Author: springs86 Posts: 785

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Cryos tasis, I have one in my back garden. Don't tell anyone

2009-10-07 20:15:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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Yes, in 1969 but right now we don't have a single space ship that can get humans to moon and back. Why would we though? We've been there, done that, found what there is to find (to the best of our knowledge) and are now looking on to further projects no doubt. A lot of interest is in Mars it seems over the last few years. Would be awesome if it became possible to get people there and back. But with our technology... doesn't seem too possible.

2009-10-07 20:20:00 Author: ryryryan Posts: 3767

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I will NOT ever forget what my grandma said years back. Must be ten years or something but I remember when she told me how a lady she knew had seen a disc craft land. Two people in astronaut suits coming out to pick strawberries and then they took off. This was the last thing I expected her to mention. Make of it what you will but I know where she lived and the surrounding small town and the people living there. You begin to wonder.

2009-10-07 21:09:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391

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Well, those must have been some smart martians. Strawberries would definitly be somewhere near the top of my "Resources to extract from barbaric planet" List.

2009-10-07 21:15:00 Author: Syroc Posts: 3193

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I will NOT ever forget what my grandma said years back. Must be ten years or something but I remember when she told me how a lady she knew had seen a disc craft land. Two people in astronaut suits coming out to pick strawberries and then they took off. This was the last thing I expected her to mention. Make of it what you will but I know where she lived and the surrounding small town and the people living there. You begin to wonder. You DO begin to wonder! What are they injecting those strawberries with? ZING! But seriously, this is pretty cool - the article mentions that it's "tenuous" - I wonder what that really means - is it short-lived? Has it been there all this time we've been gazing at the stars, and we just never saw it? Is it a new ring? And what does Uranus think of all this?

2009-10-07 21:20:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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Means it's hard to see because it's made up of teeny tiny dust particles. It might have been there forever for all they know and for all I know the dust in my flat might be part of a huge rotating circle as well. No matter how often I clean it the dust always returns.

2009-10-07 21:33:00 Author: Syroc Posts: 3193

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Why would we though? We've been there, done that, found what there is to find (to the best of our knowledge) and are now looking on to further projects no doubt. A lot of interest is in Mars it seems over the last few years. Would be awesome if it became possible to get people there and back. But with our technology... doesn't seem too possible. Well, we did find trace amounts of water on the moon just months ago.

2009-10-08 01:30:00 Author: BSprague Posts: 2325

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ok, it's cool they found it and all... But what point is there for us knowing it? What do we gain from spending time finding this, instead of devoting time to other things? knowledge for the sake of knowledge. clip contains a swear: EakdDE7SAyo

2009-10-08 01:58:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728

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knowledge for the sake of knowledge. clip contains a swear: EakdDE7SAyo From the voice of LBP himself no-less

2009-10-08 05:09:00 Author: Jagrevi Posts: 1154

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oh thats magical.... *man again* those rings better stay away from my daughter *shakes fist*

2009-10-08 07:26:00 Author: Kern Posts: 5078

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Yes, in 1969 but right now we don't have a single space ship that can get humans to moon and back. Of course we do, we've had like 16-17 people go to the moon since 1969! Or are you thinking of a more commercial thing?

2009-10-08 07:37:00 Author: Dexiro Posts: 2100

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I'm thinking of right now, the year 2009.

2009-10-08 08:21:00 Author: Syroc Posts: 3193

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Aliens landing to inject strawberries to grow them into deformed living giants...sounds about right XD

2009-10-08 11:58:00 Author: BasketSnake Posts: 2391

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That thing has to be about as big as the circumference of the sun. These things are what lead me to get into astronomy. We just found a ring we couldn't find 10 years ago.

2009-10-10 04:19:00 Author: Astrosimi Posts: 2046

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Man I can't wait till next year, big freshmen on College campus and I really wanna work with Physics and Astronomy. I'm gonna have to get the basics done, but I reallyyyyy wanna work at NASA and this is a prime example as to why. I wanna be able to say "Yeah, I was part of the team that discovered such and such" or something.

2009-10-12 23:08:00 Author: Admiral Posts: 12

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There is always an reason to explore, where would we be with out Columbus? Sorry 'cross the ponders. I can't even watch science shows anymore because we discover things so rapidly now that a program from last year is completely off from what we know now. We can drop people off on the moon like it's a bus stop nowadays, but we are aiming a bit farther. We are going to see Pluto soon! If I could've been one thing I would be an astronaut. I do agree though that it was a huge fail for NASA. We can see new planets rotating around stars millions and billions of light years away but we can't see a gigantic ring around a planet that is relatively close. Btw, AOTS usually covers this stuff as it happens, like the moon impact thing. Only 4 minutes to research the plume of dust, no pressure lol.

2009-10-13 02:11:00 Author: thefrozenpenquin Posts: 479

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