Data collected by the international Cassini spacecraft
indicate that second-largest moon,
may be surrounded by at least one If
researchers are correct in their interpretations of the data,
this would be the first discovery of a system of planetary rings around a of a planet. Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus the 4 largest planets in this solar system all have rings. A planetary ring is a ring of dust and other particles that orbit a planet in a flat, disc-shaped region. Scientists speculate that Rhea's rings may have formed after a small object collided with its surface, sending a stream of debris out into orbit around the moon.
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 EATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) committed $20 million over the next five years to create research centers focused on parallel computing at two U.S. universities
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Miami - Feb. 19, 2008 — Once again, Alienware® - the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and entertainment systems - demonstrates its relentless pursuit for power and performance by equipping the Area-51® m15x notebook computer with the new 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme mobile processor X9000 CPU. This makes the Area-51 m15x, released earlier this year to critical and user acclaim, the first and only 15.4-inch notebook to feature this unique and powerful processor. |
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