Technology triumphs again! The Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the huge, cold ring that circles the planet, and is tilted 27 degrees from the other rings.
It's 3.7 million miles away from the planet, and extends outward another 7.4 million miles.
Its entire volume could hold a million earths.
It hasn't been spotted before now because the ice and dust particles that make it up are so far apart, that it's hard to see. It also doesn't reflect a lot of light, but using the infrared sensor on the Spitzer Scope, scientists were able to see the minus 316 degree F feature.
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