UC Berkeley scientists report new rings found around Uranus (a blue ring and a red ring)

AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 4/6/06 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

Two outer rings, one red the other blue, have been observed around the distant planet Uranus.

While Uranus had been known to have inner rings of neutral color, the newly discovered outer rings show color contrasts that researchers think are caused by light reflected off particles that differ in size from one ring to the other.

And the outermost ring is only the second blue ring to have been observed, a team led by Imke de Pater of the University of California, Berkeley, reports in Friday's issue of the journal Science.

Also blue is Saturn's outermost ring, the researchers said. And they noted that both of the known blue rings have a moon embedded within them, while the red rings do not.

They speculated that the moons swept up larger pieces of debris, leaving only dust and tiny items that reflected more blue light than the red ring which could have larger pieces of debris.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yes, please do not look at the blue ring around Uranus without a scope.

[WilliamWallace1999]

[Mikey_1962]

The jokes just write themselves, don't they?

[No Truce With Kings]

Red and Blue? Does that mean that folks from the heartland and South make up the red ring while the bicoastal lib-ruls make up the blue?

Whodda thunk!

[claudiustg]

They would be in a position to know...

[Riley]

I'm going to have to start a grassroots effort to get this poor, abused planet re-named.

[RedFred In A Blue State]

One word: DESITIN...

[NormsRevenge]

I'm used to it, lol, it is what makes FR unique in its own way.

I post all kinds of health stuff too.. fruits, nuts, you name it, we get into it all of it here.. and we hear from a few here as well. ;-)

[FreedomFarmer]

We do not 'hang out' in your solar system, human.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

San Fransisco's version of a Rainbow party?

[Bacon Man]

MUSTN'T ... SAY ... IT!

[ArrogantBustard]

If you've never had a post pulled, you ain't livin' on the edge.

If you ain't livin' on the edge, you're takin' up too much space.

So let it all out ... tell us what you're really thinking!

[Woodstock]

What's the difference between toilet paper and the starship Enterprise?

[Woodstock]

They are both circling Uranus searching for Klingons

[MadeInAmerica]

ROFL...Sounds like good info to me :)

[Skooz]

PTI. Today. 4:30 pm CDT.

[Hatteras]

[Marine_Uncle]

What? No white ring. Must not be owned by the USA.

[OB1kNOb]

Adding a few astringent herbs in a nice warm sitz bath may help alleviate this new finding.

[Marine_Uncle]

On the serious side. One never be bored, if one is interested in learning new things, both old and new.