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UM astronomer discovers huge new ring around Saturn

Source: Baltimore Sun
Boulder : CO : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Almost 400 years after Galileo spied Saturn's iconic ring system, a University of Maryland astronomer has discovered another gigantic but invisible ring around the planet. More than 14 million miles in diameter, it is by far the largest in the solar system.
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