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This artist's conception shows a nearly invisible ring around Saturn - the largest of the giant planet's many rings. It was discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, (c) NASA, JPL-Caltech, KeckSpitzer discovers an enormous ring around Saturn

— 8 Oct 2009 06:16 | Astronomy

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn - by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings. The new belt lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian... — full story

In this sweeping view is Saturn, its rings, and a few of its moons a day and a half after what is called the Saturn equinox, when the sun shines directly over the planet's equator, (c) NASA, JPL, Space Science InstituteCassini reveals new ring quirks, shadows during Saturn equinox

— 22 Sep 2009 07:40 | Astronomy

NASA scientists are marvelling over the extent of ruffles and dust clouds revealed in the rings of Saturn during the planet's equinox last month. Scientists once thought the rings were... — full story

A diamond in the rough: Carbon lucky dip contains diamond ring among coal booby prizes

— 22 Jul 2009 11:11 | Chemistry

Tomorrow one lucky member of the public will pull a diamond ring from a lucky dip, celebrating the glamour and importance of carbon in our lives... — full story

Cell phone ringtones can pose major distraction, impair recall

— 4 Jun 2009 00:35 | Health

A flurry of recent research has documented that talking on a cell phone poses a dangerous distraction for drivers and others whose attention should be focused elsewhere. Now, a new... — full story

Cassini sees collisions of Saturn's moonlets

— 9 Jun 2008 11:25 | Astronomy

A team of scientists led from the UK has discovered that the rapid changes in Saturn's F ring can be attributed to small moonlets causing perturbations. Their results are reported in... — full story

This image shows a ghostly ring extending seven light-years across around the corpse of a massive star. The collapsed star, called a magnetar, is located at the exact centre of this image. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope imaged the mysterious ring around magnetar SGR 1900 14 in infrared light. The magnetar itself is not visible in this image, as it has not been detected at infrared wavelengths (it has been seen in X-ray light), (c) NASA/JPL-CaltechCSI: Milky Way team works scene of dead star

— 29 May 2008 14:15 | Astronomy

Like a team of forensic detectives in a television show that could be called 'CSI: Milky Way,' a University of Chicago astrophysicist and his associates are piecing together how a mysterious... — full story

An artist concept of the ring of debris that may orbit Saturn's second-largest moon, Rhea, (c) NASA, JPL, JHUAPLRhea also may have rings

— 6 Mar 2008 20:33 | Astronomy

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of material orbiting Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon. This is the first time rings may have been found around a moon. A broad debris... — full story

Variable nanocomposites: Small, rigid DNA rings with a gap for the incorporation of functional molecules

— 6 Mar 2008 11:54 | Chemistry

What appear under an atomic force microscope to be tiny rings with little bits missing are actually nanoscopic rings made of double-stranded DNA with a little gap in the form of a short... — full story

High energy electron holes reveal unseen rings

— 20 Feb 2008 13:30 | Astronomy

Gaps in the soup of high-energy particles near the orbits of two of Saturn's tiny moons indicate that Saturn may be surrounded by undiscovered, near-invisible partial rings. A paper... — full story

Cassini finds rhythm in Saturn's rings

— 3 Feb 2008 09:11 | Astronomy

Order can be found in the most unexpected places, as demonstrated by our neighbour three planets down. Two of Saturn's rings have been found by NASA's Cassini spacecraft to contain... — full story

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