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Explore exorings

We know that rings encircle the giant planets in our Solar System — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all orbit the Sun accompanied by an entourage of rings. We also know of more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets today, many of which are giants. It follows that they'd have rings, too.

But exoplanets are many lightyears away and hard to find in their own right.

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