Uranus is one of the most chaotic and disruptive systems in the solar system.
The new discoveries demonstrate that Uranus has a youthful and dynamic system of rings and moons.
The newly reported spiral is in a class by itself.
This ring may be the telltale sign of an unseen belt of bodies a few feet to a few miles in size.
That's sort of mysterious. A dust ring lasts a year or two, or a decade at most unless it's continuously replenished.
Everything we find now is consistent with that conclusion.
The new discoveries dramatically demonstrate that Uranus has a youthful and dynamic system of rings and moons. Until now nobody had a clue the rings were there, we had no right to expect them.
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