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Saturn’s ‘Spoke Season’ begins when unexplained streaks appear on rings
(ORDO NEWS) — An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope are observing strange streaks on Saturn’s rings. These strokes or so-called “spokes” appear on the rings when the planet approaches the equinox. The reason for the appearance of “spokes” is still unknown. Saturn’s rings don’t always look the same. Sometimes they have “knitting needles” Like the Earth, Saturn’s axis of rotation is inclined to the plane of…
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“Rings of Friendship” of the Stone Age
(ORDO NEWS) — According to recent research, Stone Age hunter-gatherers in northeastern Europe were skillfully crafting friendship rings out of shale about 6,000 years ago. They were mass-produced by many craftsmen in what appears to have been some kind of mass production process. Some of these friendly rings were then deliberately broken into fragments, many of which were later turned into pendants. All this suggests that these communities were part…
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Now we know why Jupiter doesn’t have big, gorgeous rings like Saturn does
(ORDO NEWS) — Given Jupiter’s resemblance to its neighbor Saturn, it seems natural to ask why Jupiter doesn’t also have a magnificent, vast system of visible rings. Alas, it is not. Although Jupiter has rings, they are thin, sparse, fragile dust particles visible only in the backlight of the Sun. These discount rings lack luster because Jupiter has a rough surface, according to a new study. The Galilean moons do…
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Saturn’s rings are disappearing much faster than previously thought
(ORDO NEWS) — If you had to identify Saturn from the “crowd” of gas giants, you would most likely recognize it from its famous ring system. Saturn is the owner of the largest and brightest rings in our solar system , which extend over 280,000 kilometers from the planet. For comparison, the diameter of the Earth is 12,742 kilometers. However, this feature of Saturn will not last forever as the…
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Astronomers explain Jupiter’s lack of rings
(ORDO NEWS) — Despite the huge size of Jupiter, the system of its rings is very weak and almost imperceptible. Scientists attribute this to the destructive influence of massive satellites that prevent the accumulation of matter in orbit. upiter is noticeably more massive than Saturn and could hold an even more impressive ring system. In addition, it is closer to the Earth, and if Jupiter had such rings, they would…
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Solar system gas giant rings
(ORDO NEWS) — Most people think that only Saturn has a ring system . Some know that Uranus also has it , because he is often depicted with rings. Yes, these solar system planets do have rings, but they are not the only ones. Jupiter and Neptune are also happy owners of complex ring systems. Even some moons, such as Saturn’s moon Rhea, and asteroids can have rings. Let’s talk…
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Stone Age ‘rings of friendship’ found in Finland
(ORDO NEWS) — According to recent research, Stone Age hunter-gatherers in northeast Europe were skillfully crafting friendship rings out of shale about 6,000 years ago. They were mass-produced by many craftsmen in what appears to have been some kind of mass production process. Some of these friendly rings were then deliberately broken into fragments, many of which were later turned into pendants. All this suggests that these communities were part…
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A star in the process of dying threw out six strange rings of cosmic “smoke”
(ORDO NEWS) — The days of our Sun are numbered. In about 5 billion years, the Sun will turn into a red giant, shed its outer layers, and then settle down and become a white dwarf. This is the inevitable fate of most sun-like stars, and the process is well understood. But as a recent study has shown, we still have a few things to learn about dying suns. A…
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Tree rings point to mysterious trend in monsoon intensity
(ORDO NEWS) — December to March is the monsoon season in northern Australia. Heavy rains cause rivers and streams to rush, replenishing the reservoirs that plants and animals need to survive next year. In general, the flow of monsoon rivers has become more intense since officials began keeping records in the 1970s. But dry periods also occur; for example, the monsoon failed to pass in 2019 and 2020, leading to…
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Saturn’s rings are disappearing, scientists say
(ORDO NEWS) — The observed “ring rain” process, where planets like Saturn lose their distinctive rings over hundreds of millions of years, is perhaps one of the main things we really know about this mysterious planet and its magnificent decorations. Although rings around a gaseous planet seem like a permanent feature to us on Earth, analysis of footage from NASA‘s Cassini spacecraft in recent years suggests that they may actually…
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What illusion lies in the rings of Saturn
(ORDO NEWS) — In 2016, American scientists from Idaho and Cornell Universities, using data obtained by the Cassini spacecraft, found that Saturn’s brightest ring was much lighter and younger. After analyzing information provided by the automatic interplanetary station Cassini, the researchers drew attention to the waves created by the complex gravitational interaction of Saturn and its satellites, which attract particles of the ring to themselves during their approach to it.…
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Unique Bronze Age Burial Mound With Post Rings Discovered In East Flanders
(ORDO NEWS) — In Melsele, near Beveren, in the Belgian province of East Flanders, archaeologists have discovered a unique burial mound with three rings of posts. The mound dates back to the Bronze Age (2100 – 800 BC). Burial mounds are not uncommon, but what makes this one special is that it was demarcated by rings of wooden posts. And that’s not often discovered in Flanders: less than 1 percent…
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The sun once had rings like Saturn
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists conducted another study and found that before various planets, including the Earth, formed in the solar system, huge rings of dust could well exist around the sun. In their appearance, they could well resemble those rings that Saturn has. The researchers suggest that these rings could be the reason that, as a result, our planet did not turn into a “super-earth”. This type of planet is…
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The sun was once surrounded by rings like Saturn
(ORDO NEWS) — This did not allow the Earth to grow to the size of a “super-earth”. Before Earth and other planets appeared in the solar system, the sun may have been surrounded by giant rings of dust, similar to those of Saturn, according to new research. Scientists believe these dust rings may have prevented our planet from becoming a “super-earth” – a type of planet about twice the size…
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Why doesn’t Earth have rings
(ORDO NEWS) — All gas giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) in the Solar System have rings, while the terrestrial ones (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) do not. There are two theories about how ring systems develop. They may have formed from leftover material from the formation of the planet, or be the remains of a moon that was destroyed by an impact, or was simply broken apart by…