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- doublefelix, on 10/07/2009, -0/+14Wow, outdone by one of its own moons.
- iCosmos84, on 10/07/2009, -0/+8Iapetus: You're a dirty planet Pheobe.
Phoebe: Who you callin dirty, two-face?
/astrogeek - Jektal, on 10/07/2009, -0/+7http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimed ... has the full-resoultion 1MB .tif (3,000x2,400)
Although at that resolution I wish it didn't have the Saturn zoom bubble...
Anyone know more about this "warm mission"/coolant-issue TFA mentions at the end? - InMSWeAntitrust, on 10/07/2009, -0/+7Wow, Saturn has really let itself go, hasn't it?
- novenator, on 10/07/2009, -2/+9The CNN headline for this story: Scientists discover massive ring around Saturn http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/10/07/space.sat ...
There is more information on the NASA website (with a less Onion-like headline): http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/news/spi ... - tmaxxpunisher, on 10/07/2009, -0/+6Thumbs up for anything scientific!
- shockingbird, on 10/07/2009, -0/+5Kinna funny we're just now discovering Saturn's *largest* ring.
- cuoops, on 10/07/2009, -0/+3source - http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2 ...
- wjfox2008, on 10/07/2009, -0/+3Amazing... makes you wonder what else is lurking in our solar system that we don't even know about.
- kb7735, on 10/07/2009, -0/+2pic or it didn't happen. why is this an artist's rendition? I thought Spitzer was better than that.
- catpuke, on 10/07/2009, -2/+3That's no ring ..
- Itspeople, on 10/07/2009, -0/+1I wanted to make some sort of joke about Orion Number Nine, but I can't seem to make it work :/
- doublefelix, on 10/08/2009, -0/+1If I remember the article correctly, that giant, all encompassing ring is being created by one of Saturn's moons in a far obit, therefore eclipsing and enclosing her own impressive rings. Outdone exactly because none of the rings are from "the planet itself".
- iheartbakon, on 10/07/2009, -0/+1It's a torus.
- BossKey, on 10/07/2009, -0/+1We already had decades of "normal" shots of this ring before. It didn't look amazing, it looked...invisible.
"The ring would be difficult to see with visible-light telescopes. Its particles are diffuse and may even extend beyond the bulk of the ring material all the way in to Saturn and all the way out to interplanetary space. The relatively small numbers of particles in the ring wouldn't reflect much visible light, especially out at Saturn where sunlight is weak.
"The particles are so far apart that if you were to stand in the ring, you wouldn't even know it," said Verbiscer.
Spitzer was able to sense the glow of the cool dust, which is only about 80 Kelvin (minus 316 degrees Fahrenheit)." - mrbungle1975, on 10/07/2009, -0/+1I thought the Spitzer telescope could only find high priced hookers. BAZINGA!
- rossiprojects, on 10/07/2009, -1/+2Buried as duplicate/ not being honest.
3 hours before your call on digg....
http://digg.com/space/New_ring_detected_around_Sat ... - damnshoes, on 10/07/2009, -0/+1it's a circle!
- sotose, on 10/07/2009, -0/+0Fact: Jazzed up images sell better.
- Harabeck, on 10/07/2009, -1/+1Outdone how? None of the rings are from the planet itself.
- TalentedMoron, on 10/07/2009, -3/+3Lol, first I thought it was about Spitzer busting the largest porn ring in NY. Spitzer and Ring caught my eyes.
- mmpre, on 10/07/2009, -1/+0You are an ass
- bbzed, on 10/07/2009, -1/+0I hate how they feel the need to jazz up all these space shots with totally fake colours and stuff, like its not amazing enough. This is meant to be science, just give me the facts.
- weister42, on 10/07/2009, -2/+0All the sudden I hear Halo music in my head...
- 1mmcg3, on 10/07/2009, -3/+1I wonder if this discovery will help explain the debris and discoloration on Uranus?
- brandnewx, on 10/07/2009, -4/+1No wonder I could not find my engagement ring.
- XTomTomX, on 10/07/2009, -5/+2In before "rings around Uranus" jokes.
- frostbyt, on 10/07/2009, -5/+1No need to spend ppl into space with these awesome telescopes.
- SirBruce, on 10/07/2009, -7/+2<insert Uranus joke>
- firesphotons, on 10/07/2009, -6/+0Shortly after, the NY Spitzer telescope found a space whore on the same ring.
- generaleet, on 10/07/2009, -8/+2You mean the kind of ring Elliot Spitzer found on that prostitute last year? Man, Spitzer's good at finding rings.
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