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Published online 10 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031208-5
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Recycling keeps planets' rings going
Give and take with moons means debris halos can last forever.
The rings around the Solar System's planets have gained a stay of execution.
Astronomers had calculated that the halos of debris should be about to expire.
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