Ring 'ripples' in Saturn and Jupiter linked to comets

Scientists say that strange ripples observed in the ring systems of Saturn and Jupiter were caused by comets.

The ripples in Jupiter's rings are believed to have been caused by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which struck the planet in 1994. Details are published in two separate papers in the journal Science


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