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Saturn is losing its rings quicker than expected, NASA warns
CNN ^ | December 18, 2018 | Tara John

Posted on 12/18/2018 7:29:48 PM PST by EdnaMode

Saturn's rings make it one of the most striking planets in the solar system, but scientists believe they could disappear in less than a 100 million years -- which isn't all that long when you consider that the gas giant itself is more than 4 billion years old.

New research from NASA shows that the rings, made predominantly of water ice, are being pulled apart by the planet's gravity and onto Saturn's surface as deluges of "ring rain."

"We estimate that this 'ring rain' drains an amount of water products that could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool from Saturn's rings in half an hour," NASA's James O'Donoghue, lead author of the study, said in a statement.

"From this alone, the entire ring system will be gone in 300 million years, but add to this the Cassini-spacecraft measured ring-material detected falling into Saturn's equator, and the rings have less than 100 million years to live," he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: cassini; catastrophism; clickbait; climatechange; cnn; direwarning; galaxywarming; globalwarming; hysteria; jamesodonoghue; nasa; oneweirdtrick; rings; saturn; tarajohn
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To: EdnaMode

Climate change. /sarc


21 posted on 12/18/2018 7:55:04 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2banana

Trump’s fault


22 posted on 12/18/2018 7:55:22 PM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: max americana

Raise taxes on the wealthy countries and give to the UN to divide among the looters.


23 posted on 12/18/2018 7:56:12 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the media are all cats.)
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To: EdnaMode

Well saturns rings will still be a viable fuel source and water source for us for a very long time.


24 posted on 12/18/2018 7:56:38 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: EdnaMode

That will destroy tourism there.
We must spend billions of dollars to maintain Saturn’s ring system in its current pristine condition.


25 posted on 12/18/2018 7:57:23 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Chode
😹😹😹👍🏼. Hemi idling in the driveway helped I hope.
26 posted on 12/18/2018 8:01:44 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: EdnaMode
Saturn's rings make it one of the most striking planets in the solar system, but scientists believe they could disappear in less than a 100 million years

That's just one year after Mueller finishes his probe, and 2 years after Hillary finally gives up her dreams of being president.
27 posted on 12/18/2018 8:04:00 PM PST by adorno
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To: EdnaMode

oh no. I guess we need more government.


28 posted on 12/18/2018 8:08:35 PM PST by tinyowl (A is A)
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To: EdnaMode

Man, that’s gotta be all POTUS’s fault....probably for pulling out of the Paris BS.


29 posted on 12/18/2018 8:08:50 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Mr. Mojo
As far off as that is, it’s still hundreds of millions of years before the Clintons and Obamas and Comeys and Muellers and Rosensteins and Brennans of the solar system will be brought to justice.

I have to agree with you there, unfortunately.

30 posted on 12/18/2018 8:10:56 PM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: EdnaMode

I hypothesis it fluctuates with the Suns solar output and/or sunspot activity and it isn’t a near constant rate. S

aturn Global Warming is caused by MAN!


31 posted on 12/18/2018 8:14:30 PM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
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To: EdnaMode

In all my life, I never actually seen them, so I guess in 100 million years, I’ll not really miss them.


32 posted on 12/18/2018 8:17:37 PM PST by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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To: EdnaMode
But how does this impact NASA's primary mission of making Muslims feel good about themselves?
33 posted on 12/18/2018 8:18:12 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: Drew68

NASA warns
Why are we being warned?

The setup to getting taxpayers money


34 posted on 12/18/2018 8:18:54 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: 2banana

I guess we will have to conform to a mandated “Ring footprint” or face a tax penalty. I’m sure Algore will figure out a way to make another billion from it.


35 posted on 12/18/2018 8:19:10 PM PST by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: Moonman62

I thought it was pretty dramatic.

Are the ring-particles going to rain down and poison us, or something?


36 posted on 12/18/2018 8:29:36 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: EdnaMode

How much money will NASA need to prevent this?


37 posted on 12/18/2018 8:32:19 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: EdnaMode

Climate change!!


38 posted on 12/18/2018 8:35:58 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: EdnaMode

Earth’s Global Warming is far reaching ,LOL


39 posted on 12/18/2018 8:38:16 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Moonman62

It’s CNN.

“Warn” means RATINGS!


40 posted on 12/18/2018 8:40:21 PM PST by JennysCool
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