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There is a theory out there stating that the Sun had rings of gas and dust at one point.
Apparently, some white dwarf stars have rings.
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The sun used to have rings like Saturn
Those rings of dust may have prevented Earth from growing into a "super-Earth."
www.livescience.com
Apparently, some white dwarf stars have rings.
| EarthSky
"This white dwarf is so old that whatever process is feeding material into its rings must operate on billion-year timescales," said one of the scientists involved in the discovery.
earthsky.org
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