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Solved: The mystery of Jupiter's missing rings

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Astronomers appear to have solved the mystery of Jupiter’s missing rings. It had long been wondered why the planet does not have rings like its neighbouring gas giant Saturn - which are largely made of ice. 

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, ran a computer simulation that found the answer was to do with the planet’s moons. 

The UK’s largest ever drowning prevention campaign has been launched, the National Trust calls for 'urgent action' to protect Farne Islands birds as bird flu spreads and China moves one step closer to completing its space station.

A ‘game-changing’ new study finds that blood test detect breast cancer earlier than mammograms and a chess robot has an unfortunate malfunction during a competition in Moscow.

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