06/17/2026
Uranus has weird rings. Astronomers now know the source of two of them.
The rings around Uranus have mystified astronomers for almost half a century. Now, thanks to a combination of ground-and space-based telescopic observations, scientists think they’ve worked out where two of these rings came from.
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By Robin George Andrews
Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
