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Rings Discovered Around a Moon for the First Time

Posted by Soulskill on from the chip-off-the-old-block dept.

Riding with Robots writes "It turns out that one of the Ringed Planet's moons has rings of its own. The robotic spacecraft Cassini at Saturn has discovered that the icy moon Rhea is orbited by an extensive debris field and at least one ring, the first such system found. 'Many years ago we thought Saturn was the only planet with rings,' said one mission scientist. 'Now we may have a moon of Saturn that is a miniature version of its even more elaborately decorated parent.'"

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  1. Thats no moons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's a ring of cum around the hole in your ass.

  2. And you? by Mantaar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And you? You're thinking what now? Are you insightful? Hardly... Want to get modded as such? Try harder... I decided not to spend my modpoints on you

    Get over with it: memes are an essential part of /. culture. That's the way things are here. Not all of them are funny to you, but some of them are worth it. Another meme is to use a useless meme in the first post. Well, you even overlooked that one this time, since the first post in this article actually is that tired old meme.

    Why didn't you see it? Well surely because you don't browse at -1. See, that's what moderation is good for. It works - far better than on digg or reddit IMHO. Use it, and those pesky 'slashtards' won't actually bother you all that much.

    Now, stop grunting and go say something useful.

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    I'm an infovore...
  3. BrOWN RING DISCOVERED AROUND URANUS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Many years ago we thought Saturn was the only planet with rings," said mission scientist Sgt. Shaved Balls. "Now we may have the
    Mark of the Brown Ring around Uranus."

  4. That's no moon... by blurryrunner · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it's dia-Rhea?

    rings + Rhea = diameter + Rhea ~= diarhea ...yeah, I said it. yeah it's missing an 'r'.

    or death to rhea or die-rhea?

    ok, sorry...back to the basement....

    br/