The ring around Uranus

... disappears.

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=50e2cfe6-4427-4d8d-90fe-789bba05c1e8&k=20522

In a Houdini-like act that has amazed astronomers, one of Uranus's 13 rings has vanished and been replaced by another one thousands of kilometres away.

The giant blue planet is currently in a rare alignment that shows the dark side of its rings, revealing that they are not nearly as stable as expected.

"There is a ring that wasn't there 20 years ago and there is an old ring that is gone," says Mark Showalter, of the SETI Institute in California and co-author of a report in the journal Science detailing the change.

 

Obelisks!

 

I hope boots doesn't penetrate this thread.

 

Does anyone know where David Copperfield was when all of this went down?

 

Well I will remember the day and where I was when I first heard this news.

 

I blame soccer global warming.

 

I think it's just David Blaine doing another one of his tricks.

 

MINDFREAK! will take all the credit.

 

What do the starship Enterprise and a wad of toilet paper have in common while they're circling Uranus?

They're both searching for Klingons!

 

... (crickets)

 

Oggie,

Baby wipes are the key no rings around uranus.