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Asteroid found with Rings!

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Asteroid Found with Rings! First-of-Its-Kind Discovery Stuns Astronomers

Scientists have made a stunning discovery in the outer realm of the solar system — an asteroid with its own set of rings that orbits the sun between Saturn and Uranus. The space rock is the first non-planetary object ever found to have its own ring system, researchers say.

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Cool!
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