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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
Saturn rings, Uranus hums.
To: Larry Lucido
“So who wants unsightly planet ring?”
HAR!! Cracked me up!
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posted on
12/18/2018 9:33:44 PM PST
by
bluejean
(I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
To: bluejean
Rings should be removed and replaced every so often anyway. It's good planet maintenance.
To: EdnaMode
The Saturnalians will just have to give up their SUVs.
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posted on
12/18/2018 9:38:31 PM PST
by
HIDEK6
( God bless Donald Trump.)
To: EdnaMode
"...NASA warns"WARNS? What nitwits... They should stick to what it does best: fight global warming and islamophobia...
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posted on
12/18/2018 9:44:31 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: Moonman62
Warns?
Isnt that a bit dramatic?
Click the Pic
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posted on
12/18/2018 9:50:38 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: EdnaMode
Why does anyone need to be “warned”?
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posted on
12/18/2018 10:08:16 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: EdnaMode
I guess we should enjoy them while we can.
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posted on
12/18/2018 10:14:37 PM PST
by
Crucial
To: EdnaMode
I wish I had a job where I would be held accountable for being wrong in 100 million years.
To: Larry Lucido
What of the less popular rings around Uranus ?
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posted on
12/18/2018 11:13:19 PM PST
by
SMGFan
To: EdnaMode
Tonight on CNN and NBC: Trump’s fault for creating the space force
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posted on
12/18/2018 11:14:47 PM PST
by
knighthawk
(We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
To: EdnaMode
“rings have less than 100 million years to live”
“Its alive!”
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posted on
12/18/2018 11:16:21 PM PST
by
SMGFan
To: EdnaMode; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ..
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posted on
12/18/2018 11:51:02 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/19/2018 12:24:35 AM PST
by
vannrox
(The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
To: EdnaMode
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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posted on
12/19/2018 1:09:12 AM PST
by
mindburglar
(Don't bother. I don't debate.)
To: EdnaMode
Send some astronauts to setup blizzard fencing, that will fix it.
;-)
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posted on
12/19/2018 1:34:50 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: EdnaMode
SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!!!
To: EdnaMode
man... what it must be like to posses that much intelligence to know Saturn will lose it’s rings in 100 million years... smh... I should have studied harder in school!
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posted on
12/19/2018 4:00:44 AM PST
by
sit-rep
To: EdnaMode
CNN is slipping. They got the correct CNN-tone on the story acting all alarmed. What they failed to do was connect the loss of Saturn’s rings to something humans did, or failed to do. Somebody at CNN should get fired for this. Or sent back to remedial J-school.
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12/19/2018 4:02:59 AM PST
by
Tallguy
To: rktman
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12/19/2018 4:06:00 AM PST
by
Chode
( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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