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I like the idea about the sky being different if we hd this in our sky. That would be a fascinating aspect of being able to coloniz other planets, if we ever found one that was suitable.
Quote:Paris (AFP) - Astronomers said Wednesday they had found the first-ever ringed planet beyond our solar system, a super-world with a girdle of halos 200 times bigger than Saturn's.
Called J1407b, the giant has a disk of 30-odd rings which is so vast that, had it been around Saturn, it would have dominated our night sky, the proud discoverers said.
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I like the idea about the sky being different if we hd this in our sky. That would be a fascinating aspect of being able to coloniz other planets, if we ever found one that was suitable.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
