Slashdot Mirror


Blue Ring Around Uranus

ZedNaught writes "The BBC is reporting that 'astronomers have discovered that the planet Uranus has a blue ring - only the second found in the Solar System. Like the blue ring of Saturn, it probably owes its existence to an accompanying small moon.' According to the April issue of Science, the blue ring is one of two new outer rings recently discovered around Uranus using the infrared Keck adaptive optics system. The rings are blue and red like Saturn's E and G rings. The blue ring around Saturn hosts the moon Enceladus while the Uranus ring contains the moon Mab."

8 of 269 comments (clear)

  1. Troll-Baiting by lostngone · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Talk about chumming for Trolls

  2. Coffee Rings... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A blue ring is not as bad as some of the coffee rings that my Dad leaves on the countertop when he visits.

  3. how do you know your going to far in anal sex... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    when u have a blue ring around ur anus...

  4. Must mention by Presidential · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My doctor gave me a very effective cream for this condition..

    You just smear it on the optics of the telescope and voila, no more rings!

    --
    Whenever Mrs. Fitch breaks wind, we beat the dog.
  5. If ever there was an advertisement for Warm Bawls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hear a man can be seduced to such a degree by a "hot" woman, and then dis-heartened at such a rate, that the testicles and surrounding area will become blue.

    In my entire life, man, I've combinatorially flushed and showered no less than two gallons of SEMEN down the drain.

    Beat that you trolls!

    Logged-in users aren't forced to preview their comments. Create an Account! To confirm you're not a script,
    please type the word in this image: computes

  6. Apr. 8:Prostitute Schedule @ MBOT in San Francisco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Like Las Vegas, San Francisco offers prostitution as a tourist attraction. If you want to buy some prostitution services (i.e., hand job, blow job, or full sexual intercourse), you need to merely walk through the doors of the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater (MBOT), located at 895 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California.

    Check out the prostitute schedule for April 8, 2006 at the MBOT.

    The prostitute schedule is updated daily.

    Unlike Las Vegas, San Francisco does not regulate prostitution. So, the MBOT heartily welcomes everyone -- including HIV-positive customers.

  7. Voyager missed this... by Tavor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because back then Saturn remembered to put the seat down.

    --
    Windows has detected an undetectable error.
  8. Re:Difference between moon an asteroid by Dachannien · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's no moon.... that's a space station!