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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:41 PM
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=10601964

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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:45 PM
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not sure what they mean by the obvious. this is a new ring and it's thousands if not tens of thousands of times larger than the previously known rings.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DakarM
not sure what they mean by the obvious. this is a new ring and it's thousands if not tens of thousands of times larger than the previously known rings.
Yeah I'm confused as well. This article isn't saying they've "discovered" the previously known rings.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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Looks like a HUGE ring outside the planet that dwarfs it in size... no?
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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The images they are getting from the upgraded Hubble are pretty cool.


http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...2009/25/image/


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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BetterBob
The images they are getting from the upgraded Hubble are pretty cool.

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/25/image/
did you fuck that up by accident? :eh:
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by LABARINTH
did you fuck that up by accident? :eh:

Hah, yes.

I forgot i still had some boat picture on my clipboard

Now i see what your talking about... how the fuck did that happen?!

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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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yea i dont understand the obvious?

this was a ring that was previously unrealized. pretty amazing since it explains some of the characteristics of the moons of saturn
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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i don't understand the obvious part.
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