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For the first time astronomers have detected a ring around a planet outside our solar system. what's more, it seems to be able to coalesce into new moons. the xo planet is orbiting a star nearly 400 million light years away. it's a gas giant similar to jupiter, but it ring is about 500 times larger than the rings of saturn. and that's equivalent to the distance between the earth and the sun, in case you were wondering. take a closer look and you can see a moon starting to form as it pulls more and more matter from the gigantic ring. thanks for your company, spending part of your day with me....
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