New ring discovered around Saturn is the largest in the Solar system

[Floater]

An eighth ring has been discovered around Saturn by a Nasa telescope that was able to pick up the thin array of ice and dust particles.

Previously it was thought that the famous planet only had seven rings named A through to E and several faint unnamed rings.

However Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope was able discover a new ring by picking up tiny particles of dust and ice using an infrared instrument.

The ring is about 1.5 million miles thick and fifty times further out into space than Saturn's other famous rings, making it bigger than any other ring previously studied in the Solar system. Until now the biggest known rings in the solar system were Saturn's E ring.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/s...ar-system.html

[Canuckistan]

Previously it was thought that the famous planet only had seven rings named A through to E

[Floater]

You'll be even more confused after reading the Wikipedia article.

[Canuckistan]

Originally Posted by Floater

You'll be even more confused after reading the Wikipedia article.