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On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Astronomers had long suspected that Uranus has rings, but the actual discovery ...
For the first time, astronomers are watching a ring system form in real time. The rings in question encircle Chiron, a comet-like object that takes a path around the sun between the orbits of Saturn ...
On April 7, Uranus passed in front of a distant star located 400 light-years away, giving NASA scientists a rare cosmic alignment in which to investigate the distant ice giant. During the hour-long ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Until now, astronomers have used telescopes to find Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs), moon-sized bodies, and obtain their spectra to determine what types of ices are on their surface.
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