Cool
At first, I thought the headline was a joke on government programs. It read something like "NASA Spitzer telescope discovers ring around Saturn." I mean, duh.
But it turns out they did find a big, really cool and nearly invisible ring around the larger Saturn system. Via the Reference Frame
This artist's conception shows a nearly invisible ring around Saturn -- the largest of the giant planet's many rings. It was discovered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
The artist's conception simulates an infrared view of the giant ring. Saturn appears as just a small dot from outside the band of ice and dust. The bulk of the ring material starts about six million kilometers (3.7 million miles) away from the planet and extends outward roughly another 12 million kilometers (7.4 million miles). The ring's diameter is equivalent to roughly 300 Saturns lined up side to side.
