Saturn's Rings May Be Very Old

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Saturn's Rings May Be Very Old

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @08:23AM from the even-older-than-bob dept.

Kristina from Science News writes "Combining computer simulations with data about the way starlight shines through Saturn's rings suggests the individual grains are big and thus could have been around a good 4 billion years, not the mere 10 million to 100 million previously suspected. What may have thrown earlier observations off is the chance that the grains aren't evenly distributed, but clump here and spread out there."

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Re:Uranus! by jollyreaper · 2008-09-23 08:31 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm not concerned about rings around Saturn, far more worrisome are the rings around Uranus.

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Re:Uranus! by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · 2008-09-23 08:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't be ridiculous, scientists finally changed the name to end that stupid joke, once and for all.

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Re:That's not too surprising by flydude18 · 2008-09-23 08:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, if your wife was a bitch like Hera, you too would get wasted and go around taking various forms and impregnating mortal women, so don't judge.
Re:Uranus! by jemtallon · 2008-09-23 08:36 · Score: 4, Funny

Oh. What's it called now?
Re:Uranus! by Ambitwistor · 2008-09-23 08:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Urectum.
Re:Uranus! by jemtallon · 2008-09-23 08:40 · Score: 5, Funny

http://www.instantrimshot.com/
Re:Uranus! by Hognoxious · 2008-09-23 08:42 · Score: 4, Funny

Was that pun intentional?

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Re:That's not too surprising by not+already+in+use · 2008-09-23 09:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Mortal women are easy.

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